Schools consider extreme measures amid serious teacher shortage

Schools are warning they’ll have redirect resources, reduce curriculum offerings and combine or split classes as they grapple with a teacher shortage.

Some Victorian state schools are reportedly considering combining classes, doubling some class sizes, bringing in teaching students and getting principals to teach.

The Age is reporting schools are scrambling to fill core classes such as maths and English amid hundreds of teaching vacancies.

But, in a written statement, the Department of Education claims the “overwhelming majority of government schools are fully staffed.