VBE survey: Teachers are significantly more likely to be on long. More and more teachers are absent for long periods of time due to physical or mental illnesses.
An educational association sees responsibility in politics. In 2019, just over a third of those surveyed said that illnesses had increased. In 2021 it was half that. Only a quarter of the school management surveyed stated that they had sufficient options to protect the health of their employees. The current shortage of teachers and the increase in tasks felt like a “never-ending hurdle”