Due to a shortage of teachers, 40,000 students were sent to teach in Russian schools
In schools and colleges across the Russian Federation, more than 40,000 students have been enlisted to teach classes, and another 11,000 are teaching in clubs and extracurricular groups due to a shortage of teaching staff. Legislation now allows students from any major to work as teachers starting in fourth grade to compensate for the shortage of teaching professionals, which, according to trade unions, amounts to approximately 745,000 teaching positions.
Due to the staff shortage, existing teachers are working under heavy workloads, taking on an average of more than two teaching positions, which corresponds to approximately 40 lessons per week. Experts and lawmakers describe the use of students as a necessary measure, while warning of the risk of a decline in educational quality due to young people’s lack of necessary practical experience. At the same time, Russian schools are experiencing a significant aging of their teaching staff: more than 45% of teachers are over 50 years old, while the share of young professionals under 30 is only 15%.
“Vedomosti” reports this, citing data from the Russian Ministry of Education.
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