Teachers who would like to move to rural, regional and remote communities in New South Wales (NSW) will be offered a $10,000 (US$6,900) incentive as part of a push to address shortages outside cities.
Educators who are new to a regional posting will be able to claim back the amount in stamp duty when buying a home in their school community, the government announced on Feb.8.
It comes as the NSW government claims teacher shortages are not an issue of demand for people in the role but a problem of deployment.
Late on Wednesday, the government posted a response to a parliamentary report on teacher shortages, which it said failed to acknowledge work that was already underway….