According to official government statistics, every year since 2012, the number of teachers recruited to the profession has been below target.
Since 2010, teacher numbers have not matched the increasing student numbers, resulting in an increase in the teacher-to-pupil ratio.
The data shows that in the 12 months prior to November 2016, 50,100 teachers left the state education system. This wastage rate of 10.5 per cent was also seen in data from 2015 (10.5 per cent) and 2014 (10.4 per cent).
From the 2011 trainee teacher cohort, 31 per cent had left the state education system within five years. From the 2007 cohort, 40 per cent had left within 10 years.
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