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MINISTER FOR EDUCATION AND THE ARTS

LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTION

QUESTION N0. 641

Teacher Recruitment

MRS NOLAN - asked the Minister for Education and the Arts on notice on 3 December 1991:

(2) How is the recruiting done and what is the cost.

(3) How many teachers will be recruited for the 1992 school year.

(4j What are the numbers of teacher graduates from the ANU and Canberra University unable to gain teaching employment in 1991.

MR WOOD - the answer to Mrs Nolans question is:

(1) In 1991, 50 teachers will be recruited from

interstate for employment commencing in 1992.

In 1990, the Department recruited 48 teachers from interstate to commence in 1991.

Figures for 1989 are not available since the system of recruitment was different.

It should be noted that interstate recruits may be Canberra residents who are studying interstate and that students at the University of Canberra may have come from interstate to study there.

(2) The Department obtains new teaching staff for its schools by a bulk recruitment.exercise each year, as do most other states in Australia.

Teachers respond in July to the Departments advertisements in the national press. It is normal to receive over 1,000 applications. These

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