Teaching applications fall in cao, shocker!

teacherhead

http://m.rte.ie/news/touch/2013/0309/375779-teaching-applications/

I'm only surprised it's not down more. Chronic shortage of jobs, poor pay and erosion of conditions.

Is this an unintended consequence or all part of the plan?

joebloggs32

teacherhead wrote: »

http://m.rte.ie/news/touch/2013/0309/375779-teaching-applications/

I'm only surprised it's not down more. Chronic shortage of jobs, poor pay and erosion of conditions.

Is this an unintended consequence or all part of the plan?

Peanuts and Monkeys come to mind

Trotter

The efforts of sections of the media to run the profession into the ground are paying off it seems. The 'status' of the profession as an honourable and upstanding career has been under attack for years by people with a soapbox. Their own negative experiences give perceived justification to a campaign of misguided and grossly inaccurate BS such as 'shur they're overpaid and work half days and have 6 months holidays'..

happywithlife

teacherhead wrote: »

http://m.rte.ie/news/touch/2013/0309/375779-teaching-applications/

I'm only surprised it's not down more. Chronic shortage of jobs, poor pay and erosion of conditions.

Is this an unintended consequence or all part of the plan?

Am also surprised its only down 8% - would have thought more too. I had a child tell me recently her first choice is teaching in my subject area - whilst I smiled and asked all the questions, inwardly, I was thinking 'why?'


Is it "part of the plan"?
I wouldn't have thought so because the only 'plan' there seems to be, is to take in as many fools as possible, take their money, churn 'em out and wash their hands of any moral responsibility to either ensure the course is credited by the TC or to ensure corses are not oversubscribed.

creamdog88

very true, courses should be suspended but it won't happen

gubbie

creamdog88 wrote: »

very true, courses should be suspended but it won't happen

I think you could say that in many university courses