The Malaysian Education Ministry will set a quota and take in a stipulated percentage of men every year for teaching posts to address the dearth of male teachers in schools.
Recently, a young teacher friend of mine, mentioned her brother's wish to be a teacher. Having seen his sister's wonderful involvement with her students, it dawned on him that teaching would be a good career. Yet, the advice given by my friend to her sibling was nonetheless a reality that has to faced:
Scottish men are beings urged to take on key jobs with young children, such as nursery and primary school teachers - roles they avoid for fear of being suspected as paedophiles.
A campaign was launched to encourage more men to become primary school teachers to counteract the shortage of male role models in schools.
A major new drive to recruit more male staff to primary schools was launched today as it emerged just one in eight teachers is a man.
In June 2004 KKCCC hosted the first Men in Childcare Conference which examined the issues of achieving a gender balance within the sector. Out of that conference a Men in Childcare Network was established and they have gone on to host two further conferences each year since.
Thirteen is the lucky number for Berwick Primary School, where 13 of the school's 40 staff members are male.
With the absence of men in most households in Jamaica, Kayson Jones said a male teacher was very important in his mentoring process.
A new recruit makes up a quartet of men working in a south London nursery.
A teenage would-be teaching assistant has added his voice to calls for more men to work in the early years sector.
A generation of boys will encounter barely any male role models throughout their education, opposition MPs warned.
Men are making up ground on women when it comes to working with children, according to Kingston College.
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There are the same little wooden cubbyholes, small jackets and frayed scarves hanging from hooks that you find in any child-care centre.
New Zealand children are disadvantaged by a lack of male early childhood teachers, a North Shore teacher says.
Recruitment drives and the downturn have led to a flood of applicants from the private sector seeking greater job security and satisfaction
The number of men applying for teacher training has risen sharply because of the recession, says the body responsible for training teachers.
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.
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