According to a survey by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, the recruitment rate of teachers at public elementary schools nationwide was 2.7 times, the lowest ever.

As the "35-person class" is being promoted from next year, securing teachers is an issue.

According to the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, the number of public elementary school teachers hired this year was 44,710, a decrease of 2,951 from the previous year, and the number of hires was 16,693, a decrease of 336. It was.



The hiring rate was 2.7 times, which was the highest ever, dropping to about one-fifth of 2000, the lowest ever.



The Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology cites the improvement in the hiring situation of private companies as a background.



Looking at the hiring rate by municipality, Saga and Nagasaki prefectures had the lowest rates of 1.4 times, Toyama and Fukuoka prefectures had 1.6 times, while Kochi prefecture and Tottori prefecture had the highest rates of 7.1 times and 5.5 times.



From next year, a "35-person class" will be introduced at public elementary schools, and it is estimated that it will be necessary to increase the total number of teachers by about 10,000 over the next five years, so securing high-quality teachers is an issue.



Rimi Nakano, Chief of the Education and Human Resources Policy Division of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, said, "The decline in the hiring rate is severe, and we will promote work style reforms for teachers and make it easier to obtain elementary school licenses so that more people will become teachers. I want to improve it. "