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Number of male teachers in England drops
Figures in primary schools have stagnated over the last five years, and remain low, at 14.1 per cent. The number of white men in secondary schools in England has fallen by over 12,800 since 2010, a fall of 17 per cent, according to analysis by the Education Policy Institute (EPI) think tank. The figures follow […]
Read MoreNumber of male school teachers in Bolton [England] drops
Of the 1,342 secondary school teachers in Bolton whose gender was listed in the School Workforce Census last year, 444 were male. That meant men made up just 33 per cent of the workforce, compared with 38 per cent a decade earlier. The proportion of male teachers across all of the area’s schools, including primary, […]
Read More‘Brother Apple’ sows seeds of approval in China
Exercise videos boost acceptance of male teachers at kindergartens Kindergarten teacher “Brother Apple” set out with the intention of keeping youngsters fit during the COVID-19 epidemic, but quickly became an online icon. Xia Haoyang, who teaches at a kindergarten in Qingdao, Shandong province, kept the nickname his students had given him when he started uploading […]
Read MoreJapanese Agency bans male babysitters after string of pedophile cases
The Asahi Shibun – Japan Male babysitters were taken off the books of a leading babysitter placement service agency after a series of shocking predatory pedophile incidents took place while parents were away from their children. The decision was met by a torrent of criticism that it fans prejudice against male sitters and nursery teachers. […]
Read More‘Tackling racism in society means more black teachers’
I write this article from many perspectives – as a husband, a new father and a Christian. But also from one that in my teaching career has been relatively rare: that of a black, male teacher. Indeed, in my time in education, I can count the number of black, male teachers I have encountered on […]
Read MoreChinese male teachers face kindergarten conundrum
When Yu Zehong started teaching at a kindergarten in Beijing in 2018, some parents asked to transfer their children to other classes. The parents did not have a good impression of male teachers. Some were worried because of news reports about male staff members sexually assaulting children, while others thought a man would be too […]
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