Thousands of children without qualified teachers amid alarming shortage

Thousands of Australian children are without qualified teachers as a serious shortage grips the country.

According to News Corp, there are currently 1218 teacher job vacancies.

Deputy CEO of Australian Institute for Teaching & School Leadership, Edmund Mission, says it’s “a complicated problem”.

“We need to act on all fronts to solve it, I think,” he told 3AW Breakfast.

“We really need to talk up the profession at the same time as we’re looking seriously and trying to solve the problems that do exist.”

Press PLAY below to hear what Mr Mission thinks will help attract more people to teaching