Premier David Eby acknowledged the labour shortage at the new school unveiling, but said British Columbia is taking steps to address it.
  • Alteon@lemmy.world
    81·
    10 months ago

    Hey. I got a bright idea to fix the teacher shortage…what if…just hear me out…what if…you gave them a competitive salary? Oooooooooooh shit. That’d be a fucking novel idea wouldn’t it? God forbid we invest in our future generation.

    • SkepticalButOpenMinded
      6·
      10 months ago

      Totally agree. BC is one of the few provinces that significantly raised teacher salaries (not to mention healthcare salaries) during collective bargaining, but it could still be higher. Pay in BC used to be the lowest in the country under the previous conservative government, but now it’s middle of the pack.

      But honestly, even more than the pay, the other part is that teaching is a super demanding 70 hour a week job that doesn’t have the prestige from society that it used to.