As students start a new school year, the education union says a drop in the number of vacant teacher positions doesn't reflect the true state of the NT's education system.
abc.net.au/news/nt-school-returns-union-questions-teacher-numbers/101908768Zoe and Aleah Smith are beginning a new adventure today, leaving home this morning with backpacks full and bucket hats on.The territory government says there are 35 vacancies across the education systemIt's the first day of preschool for the three-year-old identical twins, who join thousands of students across the Northern Territory heading into classrooms today.
The NT government is promising that each of those classrooms will have a teacher in front of it, as concerns about teacher shortages crop up again. The twins' mother Rebecca said she doesn't know how many current vacancies there are at the girls' school in Darwin's northern suburbs, and worries about the ongoing issue.Other Territory parents are also wondering "whether [their kids] are going to receive everything they need", she said, "if we don't have the right teachers in the right jobs and enough teachers.
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