Teachers are generally viewed as being underpaid and overworked, with a real drop in the amount of young people wanting to enter the profession.
Some institutions are getting creative, offering 9-day working fortnights, or schedules with minimal early classes to allow for a lie-in, but will this be enough to tempt people into the role?
We went out into Manchester and asked people on the street.
Some institutions are getting creative, offering 9-day working fortnights, or schedules with minimal early classes to allow for a lie-in, but will this be enough to tempt people into the role?
We went out into Manchester and asked people on the street.
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00:00Hi, I'm Theo, and today I'm out in the streets of Manchester asking people about teaching.
00:05And that's because, in an effort to encourage more Gen Z people to join the teaching workforce,
00:10some schools are implementing ideas such as a nine-day working fortnight, and a couple
00:15of other ideas, maybe offering a line on certain days to try and encourage people to go into
00:19teaching as a profession.
00:20Like, I'm sure better working rights is obviously going to be a temptation for people, but I
00:25think it's kind of when you understand how important it is as well, like, I don't know.
00:29I think it's just overworked, underpaid, really.
00:33Like a lot of my mates, they were thinking about going into teaching, some of them are
00:35teachers and they don't get paid nearly enough for what they have to deal with.
00:39So I think giving them one day off extra a week isn't really helping the issue at all.
00:43It's not addressing the problems, it's more about not getting paid enough.
00:47That does not equate to teachers caring, to having more days off, or having a better life.
00:53I think it's just more so about rekindling the passion within society and within the
00:58community of those going to teaching.