3 days Ago By Anna Akopyan
As the country anticipates the announcement of a new minister, some hope for an improvement but many have lost their hope. Why the French no longer want to teach Despite promises of improving the French public schools system, the government has failed to make changes, switching between four education ministers in the last year alone. According to data from the Ministry of Education on July, 3, 185 teaching positions were unfilled during the beginning of this year ́s school term.
Most Read on Euro Weekly News The absence of teachers reached 15 million hours of lost teaching time in the 2022-2023 school year, depriving students of imperative learning hours. Once an educational and cultural centre of the EU, France ́s state education is now among the most unequal in the developed world; the state spends drastically less on schools in less fortunate neighbourhoods, stripping a large part of its population of quality education and employment. With one teacher per more than 30 students, French classrooms struggle to provide quality education, and at the same time, leave the teachers with salaries below the OECD average, despite the government spending more per student than other OECD countries.
But things aren ́t much better for the rest, as many European countries face similar crises in the education system. Why Europeans no longer want to teach As the 2023-2024 school year begins, 24 countries across the EU face teacher shortages, making the once honoured profession a nightmare for most, and causing a decline in education within the young generation. With low wages, a high workload, and an ageing teacher population; in 2021, only 8% of the entire teaching workforce were younger than 30 years old, recorded by Eurostat.
Sweden has been reported as one of the most struggling countries, with 153,000 qualified teachers needed by 2035. The Education Ministers ́ Conference in Germany, similarly, disclosed that there are currently 14,000 vacant teaching positions. At the same time, the 2023 school year recorded the highest number of students in 20 years.
European schools have also been overcrowded due to a large number of Ukrainian students entering the EU; in Poland, in February 2023 alone, 43,800 children from Ukraine entered Polish institutions. In Portugal, Fenprof estimated that the country will need to find 30,000 new qualified teachers by 2030. According to the 2024 rankings, the UK tops the most well-developed education systems in the world, followed by the US and Australia.
The researchers at the CEOWORLD analyzed the top countries based on quality and opportunities, graded on a 100-point scale, considering the public education system, high school completion rate, and government expenditure on education..
