Schools will have to rely on uncertified on-call teachers to meet demand, says Prince George District Teachers’ Association president
Students returned to classes Tuesday after their two-month summer break and came back to School District 57 schools still struggling to find enough qualified teachers to deal with increasing enrolments.
“There’s counsellors, there’s learning support , there’s 19 secondary school jobs - not what I’d like to see for the beginning of September.” SD57, which includes schools in Prince George, McBride, Valemount and Mackenzie, had about 1,000 teachers for 14,700 students in 2022-23.
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