70% of new teachers fail to find jobs

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/scotland/article7142858.ece

Union calls on Scottish government to act as figures show employment outlook is increasingly grim for newly-qualified teachers

More than two out of three newly-qualified teachers are failing to find a full-time job within a year, according to new figures that have been described as a tragedy for Scotland’s schools. The problem is particularly acute in the secondary sector, with only 48 per cent of new teachers securing full-time jobs there, compared to 62.2 per cent in April 2009. Because of the economical downturn there are lots of schools who needed to tighten education budgets.
Tony Finn, chief executive of the GTCS said:'The Nationalists’ casualisation of the teaching profession is a tragedy not only for the young teachers directly affected, it will seriously damage education in Scotland,” We are losing hundreds of young teachers who have been expensively trained, meanwhile preparations for the implementation of Curriculum for Excellence are in turmoil because there are fewer teachers in permanent work to do the necessary work to make CfE a success.”

I think Tony Finn is right, if a lot of teachers are not able to find a work, although they have been very well eduacted for it, it also means that a lot of children do not get the education that they deserve. Teacher have followed an education to educate others. I do not know how it is in Scotland, but I know that in Holland they have had a lot of campaigns to motivate people to become a teacher, becoming a teacher is something that has become quite unpopulair these days and if it becomes difficult to find a job in this sector, it is for sure that a next generation would not want to become a teacher at all.