Australia faces a critical skills pipeline issue that threatens our future workforce and economic competitiveness: two in five secondary maths teachers are ‘out-of-field’ teachers. This is resulting in 75% of high school students being taught by a teacher who lacks maths qualifications, in both maths content and maths pedagogy. This lack of formal training compromises their ability to support, build confidence and inspire the next generation of maths thinkers. This directly undermines our future workforce’s mathematical literacy.
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