A West Coast secondary school principal and a New Zealander with Australian qualifications highlight significant administrative and financial barriers that prevent overseas teachers from being hired, despite New Zealand's need for more qualified educators.
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To education. So schools are relying on overseas trained teachers at record levels, apparently. We've got new ministry figures that show foreign teachers made up twelve and a half percent of the workforce last year. That's up from five percent 20 years ago. In real numbers, we're talking about 9,772 teachers. The education minister is Erica Stanford in with us. Hi. The unions are worried about this. Are you worried about this?
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