SUB-Saharan Africa, a region with the fastest-growing school-age population, will need 17-million primary and secondary school teachers by 2030.This is according to Unesco’s Institute for Statistics, which on Wednesday released a report on teacher requirements to mark World Teachers’ Day.Education is one of the areas that organisations, including the IMF, and rating agencies say SA needs to reform to boost the chances of the unemployed finding jobs.There is also a pressing need for well-trained, well-qualified and properly paid teachers, according to the institute. It found that in 31 of the 96 countries with available data, less than 80% of primary school teachers were trained according to national standards in 2014.South African teacher unions shared the institute’s sentiments, particularly over the need for more teachers and training."With the changes in the curriculum, we feel the training teachers are receiving is not enough. Teachers are being offered one- or two-week courses ...
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