The profession of teaching may increase in popularity as the credit crunch begins to bite, it has been suggested.
Director of the centre for education and employment research at Buckingham University Alan Smithers stated that more young people are likely to consider becoming a teacher as the economy takes a downturn, the Times Education Supplement reports.
"As the economy picked up in the 90s, it triggered a prolonged downturn in teacher recruitment and education didn’t necessarily get all the best graduates from the best universities," he remarked.
Mr Smithers added that "the state of teaching" could benefit from the credit crunch.
Graduates are being "shaken out" of the City, TES Magazine careers expert John Howson said.
There is a particular shortage of science and maths teachers, the Training and Development Agency for Schools claimed recently, urging more graduates to consider the profession as a career option.
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