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continue learning actively for the rest of their lives. These
opportunities need to be planned - they are too important to be left
to the market.
And there are no quick fixes. A worrying trend in most countries,
more critical in some than in others, is the growing problem of
teacher recruitment. There is a general shortage of some kinds of
specialist teachers in secondary schools (mathematics and science
in particular but many others as well). In countries such as the UK
and USA the problem is getting worse and will soon reach crisis
point. In addition, the problem of retaining or even improving the
quality of teachers is widespread. It is a problem which tends to be
tinkered with rather than accepted as a major and increasing
difficulty. Perhaps if we address the problem of educating teachers
for the new schools envisaged above, more young people would be
attracted into the profession.
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