This is something close to home for me, I have 3 boys, the education system doesn’t seem to cater to a lot of boys.

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    Maybe; but teaching in NZ is not seen as a prestigious career path.

    You would need to up the pay and tackle the view of teachers in wider society.

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      I’d suggest the low pay is part of why it’s not seen as prestigious. Pay teachers like we pay IT workers and I bet that attitude would change within a generation.

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        I agree; it would fix a bunch of issues.

        But it also needs to be competitive; basically only the best get the privilege of teaching the next generation. The qualifications for teachers need to be much higher than they are now; high salary and high entry requirements, with teacher aids to help that require a lower (same as today) qualifications. Similar to the medical system model where there is a surgeon with a bunch of highly qualified helpers.