Greek schools face a severe shortage of teachers because the number of teachers applying for retirement has increased this year, while hirings have been halved, it was revealed. Because of the changes in the social security system of the country, almost 11,500 teachers have officially announced that they will be leaving their jobs. Of these, almost 4,000 are from primary education and some 7,500 are from the secondary sector.
The Greek Primary Teachers’ Federation (DOE) and Secondary School Teachers’ Federation (OLME) expressed their concern about the severe lack of educators. The government said that the lack of teachers in the education system is a mounting problem. “Even last year, when there were twice as many teachers entering the profession as there are this year, we still had 7,000 places that had to be filled,” said Deputy Education Minister Evi Christofilopoulou.
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