Lesley Hoskin: Teaching Council CEO on the number of teachers who failed high school subjects
There’s a view it's not all teachers' fault for low pass rates in high school.
New research has found a quarter of new primary school teachers failed maths and more than half failed science at NCEA Level One.
More than half who pursued Level Two maths also failed.
The Teaching Council's calling for more investment and widespread changes to how teachers are prepared for the classroom.
Chief Executive Lesley Hoskin told Mike Hosking that teachers have been let down by the structure and resources given to them while training.
She says we have to stop blaming teachers for the system we created, as this is a systemic failure over decades.
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