The solution of the shortage of teachers into the school staff IBM as pressing danger

Computer giant IBM (UK) is working with the British government to negotiate, to establish a "retired personnel into the school activities: down from IBM's" retirement ", skilled and natural science knowledge can enrich the staff, go to school, fully help the British local school of natural sciences and mathematics to solve the teacher shortage crisis, and in return, the pensions of retirees can receive appropriate relief.

In this program, where the contract expires in IBM, experienced staff, can become a primary and secondary school teachers in England, in return, the government will reduce their pension tax.

IBM (UK) Company general manager Larry Hirst said the cooperation project in the last week, he said the plan even caused the British Prime Minister Toni Blair is interested in, and Blair was personally involved in the plan discussion. Hirst said that once the plan was implemented, it would be beneficial for both sides: the government has solved the problem of the lack of experienced teachers, and IBM's long-term pension tax rate will also be resolved.

Hirst also said that after the retirement of employees into the school, the school is likely to pay the salaries of these new teachers. But he did not disclose the specific tax exemption program, IBM also refused to disclose the specific results of the company and government deliberations.

In September last year, IBM in the United States launched a campaign called "education" activities. IBM sent 100 employees to an American school classroom to help local governments ease the "extreme shortage" of mathematics and natural science teachers. Each of the IBM employees who participate in the "turn to education" activities can receive a 8000 subsidy from the company.

National foundation for Educational Research (National Foundation for Educational Research) according to a report, the current junior high school in England, in all mathematics classes, 1/4 courses are the teachers of other subjects teaching; and for 11-16 years old students, 1/4 of the schools have no physical teacher; as physics course in grade eight, only owned by any of a general certificate of secondary education (GCSE) or (A-LEVEL) the level of senior middle school teachers.

It is no wonder that Brooks University (Oxford Brookes) is responsible for the recruitment of teachers in the work of experts John Howson in Oxford, when it comes to the current situation of the British education showed his frustration. He said, only one subject of mathematics, the British lack of about 3000 qualified teachers, "the number of faculty shortage specific it is difficult to understand, because can not find the teacher, how many schools to carry out three science education, we do not have the exact number."