7/25/2008 7:04:00 AM
The Independent 25 July
The drop-out rate for would-be teachers is rising – with modern language and maths courses among those with the worst record.A report out today shows that 15 per cent of all trainees drop out before the end of their course (up from 14 per cent last year) with 28 per cent failing to take up a teaching post once they graduate.The report, an annual survey of teacher training courses by Alan Smithers and Pamela Robinson from the University of Buckingham's Centre for Education and Employment, shows fewer modern languages trainees go on to work in the classroom than any other subject – with just 63 per cent ending up in teaching. Classics has the best rate, at 93 per cent.On drop-out rates during the course alone, only 6.9 per cent quit in classics compared with 17.6 per cent in modern languages, 18.5 per cent in maths, 18.7 per cent in religious education and 20 per cent in citizenship.Those who apply for a science or language teaching post are more likely to have lower degree passes than English, history or classics teachers.
Independent
FEW NEW TEACHERS GO FOR ECONOMICS
FT 25 July
Only three graduates in England chose teacher training courses in economics in 2006-07, compared with 84 the previous year. The finding comes from a study by Buckingham university. Professor Alan Smithers said the subject seemed to be "dying out". The government disputed his conclusion, but the low figure will stoke education experts' fears that state schools do not have enough teachers who are expert in the subject. David TurnerCopyright The Financial Times Limited 2008FT
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