Thousands of teachers quit after being unsatisfied with profession
Kayleigh:
December 28th, 2007
More than 250,000 teachers have left their careers due to being unsatisfied with it, a government report has found.
The Conservative Party thinks the main reason for teachers wanting to leave their jobs is because of poor discipline in schools.
Almost 100,000 teachers quit between 2000 and 2005- which is double the amount that quit between 1995 and 2000.
The Tories are blaming the findings on Labour and believe that teachers cannot stand teaching under their rule.
Shadow schools secretary Michael Gove said “Not only are our children not achieving as they should, talented teachers are not where they should be – in the classroom, opening young minds to new horizons.
“With more than quarter of a million gifted professionals no longer in teaching, we have to ask why they’ve given up on education under Labour. I fear that classroom bureaucracy, Government micromanagement and poor discipline has encouraged a drift away from teaching.”
But not all believe Labour is to blame for this current trend. Jim Knight, the Schools Minister, said that Labour has supported teachers more than any other previous government.
He said “Recruitment into the profession has never been more buoyant, and teaching is now the career of choice for many highly qualified and talented individuals. Indeed, Ofsted has said this is the best generation of teachers ever.”
I am not so convinced however. I cannot blame teachers for wanting to leave their jobs. It was only recently I was speaking to an old teacher of mine and he told me how he had gone to teach abroad as he didn’t like the school system in the UK and thought discipline was poor. The fact is children are becoming more disobedient than ever, and the government aren’t helping by reducing the amount of punishment teachers can give. Something needs to be done soon so teaching can become an attractive profession again, like it should be.