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ANA reports that the Teaching and Learning International Survey (Talis) has revealed that more than half of South African teachers responded that teaching had not been their first choice.
Only 49% cited teaching as their first choice for a career. The findings were announced on Tuesday by Minister of Basic Education Angie Motshega during the release of the Talis report in Pretoria. Talis covered about 260,000 teachers in 15,000 schools across 48 countries and economies. It surveyed teachers and school leaders on the working conditions and the learning environment in several countries to provide a barometer of the profession. It is viewed as an examination of the basic education sector from the perspective of the teachers. The report also revealed that 60% of teachers were female, but only 20% of women were principals. In SA, 69% of teachers reported having participated in some kind of formal or informal induction when they joined their current school, compared to 42% of teachers across Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) countries and economies participating in Talis.
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