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New Zealand Teacher calls for more men to join the profession

by Michelle Robinson - North Shore Times

New Zealand children are disadvantaged by a lack of male early childhood teachers, a North Shore teacher says.

Adam Buckingham wants men to become early childhood teachers after learning that fewer than 2 percent of preschool teachers in New Zealand are men - the lowest rate in the world, he says.

Britons flock to teaching in hunt for new career

by Anushka Asthana - Guardian/Observer

Recruitment drives and the downturn have led to a flood of applicants from the private sector seeking greater job security and satisfaction

50% rise in men applying to be primary teachers

BBC News

The number of men applying for teacher training has risen sharply because of the recession, says the body responsible for training teachers.

There was a 52% rise in the number of men wanting to be primary school teachers - more than 4,700 in 2009/10, up about 1,500 compared with 2008/09.

Redundancies in the City have prompted the change, says the Training and Development Agency for Schools (TDA).

Scottish project to recruit young men to work in childcare

by Ross Watson - Children & Young People Now

A project in Scotland, aimed at recruiting young and unemployed men into the childcare sector, has received 50,000 pounds of funding to increase training opportunities.

The Coalfield Trust awarded the money to the Men into Childcare project, which aims to help young and unemployed men in former mining areas in East Ayrshire. The Trust was originally formed in 1999 to help mining communities recover from the impact of pit closures.

More than a quarter of England's primary schools have no male teachers

by Aislinn Simpson - Telegraph

More than a quarter of England's primary schools do not have a single male teacher, it has emerged, with 4,587 school staffrooms populated solely by women.

The figures are despite a multi-million pound Government campaign to encourage men back into what is now seen as a "feminine" career.