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Childcare should be ‘actively promoted’ as a career for men
The Government should do more to encourage boys and men to work in the childcare sector, according to a new briefing by the Fatherhood Institute. The document calls on the Government to require careers advisers to actively promote childcare jobs to boys and men, while supporting girls and women in choosing careers that are not […]
Read MoreThe man who would be a nursery teacher in Vietnam
Most red-blooded males want to be spacemen, fire-fighters, bus drivers, fighter pilots, engineers, doctors… but not Le Dang Hanh, 26. He is never happier than when he is dancing, singing and playing games with his young charges. Hanh is a teacher at Quynh Phuong nursery school in Quynh Luu District in the central province of […]
Read MoreProject in Scotland launches to increase number of young men in childcare sector
Childcare Management Company (CMC) has secured Youth in Partnership World (YIP) as its partner for a new project addressing the extremely low number of male workers in the childcare sector. A recent survey of Scottish nurseries revealed 100 per cent of managers feel children benefit from strong male role models and has led Greenock based […]
Read MorePakistan schools get 89 teachers
The elementary and secondary education department has appointed 89 male teachers to primary, middle, high and higher secondary schools in the district. “The appointments have been made on merit and in line with the government’s policy,” DDEO Sharifullah Khan told Dawn on Wednesday. Mr Sharifullah said first the candidates sat the National Testing Service test […]
Read MorePresident Carmona: We need male teachers in Trinidad
President Anthony Carmona is again calling for more male teachers in classrooms throughout the country. He pleaded for the authorities in the education system to address the matter yesterday. His words came during the ceremony for President’s Medals for achievers in Education at President’s House in Tobago. It was revealed 72 per cent of teachers […]
Read MoreWhere Did All the Male Teachers Go? France Worries That Boy Students May Be Suffering
This post is in partnership with Worldcrunch, a new global-news site that translates stories of note in foreign languages into English. The article below was originally published in Le Figaro. There are too many women in English schools, declared British Prime Minister David Cameron. In order to restore authority in the classrooms, Cameron thinks that […]
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