1966 CEART Recommendation concerning the Status of Teachers_XII

Teacher Solidarity for the improvement of education

XII The teacher shortage

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1. It should be a guiding principle that any severe supply problem should be dealt with by measures which are recognized as exceptioal, which do not detract from or endanger in any way professional standards already established or to be established and which minimize educational loss to pupils.
2. Recognizing that certain expedients designed to deal with the shortage of teachers, such as over-large classes and the unreasonable extension of hours of teaching duty are incompatible with the aims and objectives of education and are detrimental to the pupils, the competent authorities as a matter of urgency should take steps to render these expedients unnecessary and to discontinue them. Learn More