An examination of young teacher experiences
Many young South African teachers are considering changing jobs. Some are looking for other options within education, some are looking at augmenting teaching incomes with other work while others plan to leave the profession entirely. This is a finding of a survey of about 400 young teachers conducted by Social Innovations and Social Surveys for Teachers CAN, a DG Murray Trust initiative that aspires to retain young teachers in the education system while encouraging them to play a leading role in education reform.
The survey was conducted to better understand the experiences of young teachers and to unite them around a Manifesto that calls them to claim their place at the heart of education reform.