The department was also criticised for failing to
hit teacher recruitment target for four years running, with 14 out of 17 secondary subjects left with unfilled training places last year.
Not exact matches
This year, Teach for America failed to
hit recruiting
targets for the third consecutive year; its leaders have attributed the
recruitment troubles to the same dynamics that are driving
teacher shortages in communities nationwide.
Each year roughly 35,000 people start
teacher training courses, but there are growing fears of a
teacher shortage, as the government has repeatedly failed to
hit recruitment targets, with
teacher training applications dropping nine per cent from last year.