Teacher shortage

An adequate provision of teachers can be limited by different factors. The following pages deal with some of the most common root causes:

• Recruitment of new teachers fails due to:
  • Inadequate monetary and non-monetary incentives.
    * For more on this subject, consult Policy page Teacher benefits
  • A lack of appropriate candidates entering the teaching profession.
    * For more on this subject, consult Policy page Appropriate candidates

• The country, or regions within the country, have teacher gaps due to high attrition rates or ineffective distribution of teachers to certain regions, despite sufficient number of trained teachers overall.
  * For more on this subject, consult Policy page Teachers deployment and retention

• Difficulty to finance new teaching positions and shortage in education budgets:
  • Due to logistic constraints
    * For more on this subject, consult Policy page Logistic constraints in paying teachers
  • Due to financial constraints
    * For more on this subject, consult Policy page Financial constraints