Apart from raising teacher pay, we should expand the use of other strategies to attract talent, such as
forgivable tuition loans, service fellowships, hardship pay for the most - challenging settings (an approach that works well in the military and the foreign service), and housing and child - care subsidies for teachers, many of whom can't afford to live in the communities in which they teach.
MWA also provides innovative and comprehensive benefits, including cost of living stipends,
tuition assistance and
forgivable home
loans after five years of service.
The Law Society of Manitoba launched its own initiative in 2010 by offering
forgivable loans to cover
tuition and living costs to students from remote communities who attended that province's law school and then practiced in rural communities at a rate of 20 % per year similar to some existing schemes for doctors.