Stanford writes to public service chief over botched teacher supply data

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Stanford writes to public service chief over botched teacher supply data

Erica Stanford says she is “wildly displeased” over an error that led to the Ministry of Education producing inaccurate teacher workforce projections.The Ministry of Education’s latest teacher supply numbers project the sector will be short 750 primary teachers and 500 secondary teachers this year – a far cry from the ministry’s previous report that projected a surplus of 1050 primary school teachers and 61 secondary teachers for the year.The di…