The leaders of Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, the Highlands, Moray, Orkney Islands, Shetland Islands and Western Isles suggested a range of recruitment proposals at a summit in Aberdeen.
These include higher salaries for teachers willing to move north and more teacher training courses at Aberdeen University and the University of the Highlands and Islands.
Jenny Laing, leader of Aberdeen, said she had spoken to Angela Constance, the education secretary, at the summit: “We are concerned about continuing to raise attainment while we face the current challenges in recruiting teachers and want the minister to consider possible solutions at national and local level to support us at a time of unprecedented low numbers of applicants and increased pupil numbers.”
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