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student loan forgiveness for teachers in shortage recruitment subjects.

Submitted on Tuesday 21st February 2017

Published on Thursday 2nd March 2017

Current status: Closed

Closed: Tuesday 2nd May 2017

Signatures: 84

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student loan forgiveness for teachers in shortage recruitment subjects.

Petition Details

The UK currently has a recruitment issue / teachers leaving the profession.

Why can't the government wipe student loans of teachers that have given 3 years service or more in subject shortage areas such as Mathematics, Computer Science and Physics...

Additional Information

Currently offered is a large bursary to become a teacher, normally this sum is larger than the average first year wage of M1.This is attracting individuals to join the profession for a year and then leave.

By offering a student loan forgiveness for subject shortage areas this would give current teachers an insentive to stay in the profession.

It would also help boost the income of teachers lower down the M scale as it is one less expenditure from the already low starting teaching salary.


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