Due to increased birth rates in most countries there have been an increased number of pupils registered in schools every year. The current number of teachers cannot handle this number of students and teach them properly. The government requires that a class should not exceed fifty students per teacher but you cannot deny other pupils their right to education. There might be a class that can accommodate them, so that in every class the number of students does not exceed fifty. But here comes the question, how can a single teacher attend to two classes at the same time? Of course, you don't expect a teacher to use the time allocated for one lesson to cover a double lesson.
It is a fact that shortage of teachers is experienced in public schools more than it is in private schools. Maybe the government employs a teacher after a long period of time. In fact, sometimes it seems that the government waits for the already employed teachers to retire before employing others on full contract. The country experienced teacher strikes a few months ago; can you imagine what triggered the strike? Their counterparts had been working on temporary contracts while the budget included funds for employing new teachers on permanent contracts.
So does it take a teachers strike for the government to realise that our schools are in dire need of teachers? Whenever the budget is read at the beginning of every financial year there is always amount that is located for the Minister of Education. The Minister is supposed to use the money allocated to employ more teachers but that is not always the case, instead the ministry always diverts the money to other areas. As a result, the graduates who are supposed to be employed by the government join the private education sector. That is why anytime the national examination results read by the minister of education, the private schools always outshines the public schools. It is high time the government looked into this matter because with what is currently happening, very few if any will venture into teaching as a profession and that is something that won't do any good to the world. The entire world is in desperate need of professional teachers because majority is venturing into different career line; teachers' shortage is not only a problem in developing countries but is a problem that affects every country and everyone at one point in a lifetime.