Press Release: OECD recommends reorientation of teacher policy in Germany

Germany, like many other OECD countries, faces large numbers of teacher retirements over the next decade and urgently needs new policies to attract fresh entrants into the profession so as to ensure effective schooling for its young people.

This is the main conclusion of an independent review of Germany's teacher policy led by the OECD. Germany is one of 25 countries taking part in an OECD project entitled Attracting, Developing and Retaining Effective Teachers. Germany's involvement was organised by the Standing Conference of Ministers of Education and Culture in the Federal Republic of Germany (KMK).

OECD: Education: Teaching, Learning and Schools for the Future: Attracting, Developing and Retaining Effective Teachers. Country Note: Germany, September 2004 http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/32/48/33732207.pdf

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