A secondary school student has called on the Ministry for Education to train and hire more qualified teachers, keep teachers in one school for a longer period of time and give teachers the support they need after he revealed that due to the lack of support and lack of subject teachers in schools, their exam results were affected.
While contributing to the public consultation on the review of the Education Act 1966 at the Natabua High School hall, the student of Muaira Methodist College says the challenges they face are the lack of teachers and the constant changing of teachers.
He says in their class, they do not have enough subject teachers and sometimes one teacher is covering multiple subjects.
The student says they can see the tiredness in the faces of teachers when they rush for the next period they are supposed to teach.
He adds sometimes they can even wait for months or years for a new teacher.
While giving an experience the students face, he said last year, they did not have a Life Maths teacher to provide support to the students, and it resulted in a low percentage pass of 21 percent.
He says without a strong base, it feels like the students are climbing a mountain.
The student also raises the need for teachers to be well-resourced when being posted in rural schools because teachers face challenges in this area.
