Public schools in Japan short of over 2,500 teachers last year

Public schools in Japan were short of more than 2,500 teachers at the start of the school year last April, government data showed Monday, underscoring the challenges of finding substitutes in the education sector.An education ministry survey of public elementary, junior and senior high schools, as well as special schools for children with disabilities, found that that 2,558 teaching posts were vacant at 1,897 schools, or 5.8 percent of the total schools surveyed.The shortage stems from a growing number of young people shying away from teaching jobs due to the heavy workload, among other fac…READ FULL ARTICLE