• That many teachers are under stress, suffer from anxiety, feel devalued and want more money is true. The real debate arises when solutions are sought. As expected, the union’s answer, despite the research proving the opposite, is that more money and smaller classes will lead to better results.
• Why not reduce the “crowded curriculum” by concentrating on essential learning. Better still, instead of making teachers design their own school-based programs why not, as they do in successful overseas countries, provide succinct and easy to follow syllabi that can actually be implemented at the local level.
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