Nearly half of British teachers plan to leave within five years

A survey published by the British "Guardian" on March 22 found that the government called for an extension of teaching time and an increase in mathematics courses, further increasing the workload of teachers. In the face of endless examinations and brutal curriculum reform, nearly half of Britain's teachers say they are overwhelmed and have plans to leave the education system in the next five years.

In the UK, 43 per cent of public school teachers polled said they would leave their teaching positions within five years. The findings also show that the teacher recruitment and retention crisis (described by ministers as alarmist) is real: 79 per cent of schools say they have difficulties in hiring and retaining teachers, and 88 per cent predict that the situation will get worse.

Teacher leaders said the plan, announced last week by Cabinet Secretary George Osborne, would exacerbate the recruitment and retention of teachers at already serious academic and local authorities. The government wants schools to open until 4.30pm, and they offer a quarterly £2.85 million subsidy under the offer system to achieve this goal, while the budget also requires students to study mathematics until the age of 18.

A Guardian survey, which analyzed information from 4,450 participants, found that many teachers in britain could not stand school reform. Almost 98% of teachers said they were under increasing pressure, 82% said they could not complete the burden of work, and more than 3/4 of teachers worked 49-65 hours a week. About 3/4 of teachers' intense workloads have an impact on their bodies, and 75% of teachers believe that work has an impact on their mental health. Only 12% of teachers achieve work-life balance, and only 1 in 3 teachers believe that schools take their feelings and health into account.

One teacher said that even though I worked 60 hours a week, I still didn't feel like I was doing my job well, and the work took up all my time, which was really tiring. Another teacher said I just wanted to do what I was passionate about, without all the red tape and stress.

Mary is Secretary General of the Association of Teachers and Lecturers. She noted that the UK's domestic record is consistent with the Guardian's findings: "Teacher recruitment is the worst period today since I took office in 2003. Last year, 50,000 teachers left their jobs, accounting for 11% of the country's teachers, but the number of students is increasing, with 300,000 more students by 2020. This is largely due to pressure from the UK government for accountability, brutal curriculum and qualification reforms.

Julian Krichley is head of London's comprehensive history. He said the teachers said that even if the school received additional funding to introduce the curriculum and activities, we would supervise them. Now we are facing a recruitment and retention crisis due to overburdened work. So the decision to extend the teaching time is clearly impossible, and teachers say a large part of the increase in workload is due to constant changes in government policy. The expansion of the data requires teachers to collect and record information about each student, and to evaluate teachers based on unrealistic goals set for students by national data, which is unfair and puts great pressure on teachers. (Intern Editor: Dong Xin Reviewer: Liu Yang)