Erica Stanford: Education Minister on the Government's efforts to attract more teachers

The Mike Hosking Breakfast - A podcast by Newstalk ZB - Mondays

The Education Minister says several factors are at play in making teaching an increasingly attractive career option.  New figures released to Newstalk ZB show the teaching workforce increased 2.5% last year – the largest annual increase since records began back in 2009.  First-time enrolments in teaching courses are also up, 6.3%.  Erica Stanford told Mike Hosking the Government's doing several things to attract and retain teachers.  She says that includes good resources, world-leading professional learning and development, on-site training programmes, and paying teacher fees.  LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.