On the 12th, the superintendent of education himself stood on the street and called for cooperation in securing teachers, saying that there was a significant shortage of teachers to be assigned to elementary and junior high schools in Kochi Prefecture for the new school year.
On the 12th, 12 employees of the Kochi Prefectural Board of Education, including superintendent Mikiyasu Nagaoka, went out to the Obiyamachi shopping district in Kochi City, which was crowded on holidays, and called on people in the town to cooperate in securing teachers for the new year.
According to the Kochi Prefectural Board of Education, the number of elementary and junior high school teachers hired this year is about 30 fewer than planned, and there is a serious shortage of teachers. It means that there is a possibility.
At the board of education, we would like to ask for the cooperation of people who have a teacher's license, such as those who have retired or left the field due to childcare. I'll do it," while handing out tissues with leaflets.
A female college student said, "I feel that many of my university friends just get a teacher's license and don't actually become teachers. I would like the working environment to be improved and the number of teachers to be secured."
Superintendent Nagaoka of the Kochi Prefectural Board of Education said, "I've been involved in education for many years, but this is the first time I've been in a tough situation where I had to stand on the street. I want as many people as possible to cooperate." rice field.