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MINISTER FOR HEALTH, EDUCATION AND THE ARTS

LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTION

Question No 358

Teacher Resignations

MR WOOD - asked the Minister for Health, Education and the Arts on 12 March 1991:

In each of the years 1987 to 1990, how many teachers resigned and what were the most significant reasons given?

MR HUMPHRIES - the answer to Mr Woods question is:

Figures are not available for 1987 or 1988, In 1989 statistics were not collected for resignations alone, however 157 officers either resigned or retired in that year. Reasons for the 1989 resignations are not known.

In 1990, 127 teachers resigned, 38 percent of whom responded to a separation survey.

The survey sought reasons for resignations. The most frequently stated reason for resigning was to pursue career options. Taking up alternative employment was prompted by enhanced career prospects, salary considerations and the desire to have a different experience.-

Other reasons for resignation in descending order of frequency given involved questions of salary, status, recognition, moving from the ACT, work demands in the teaching profession, a change to partners employment, and health reasons.

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