The number of male teachers in Australia has been steadily declining for decades. In Queensland for example, in the past two decades, the number of female teachers in the state’s schools increased by a staggering 230 times the number of males.  Studies suggest if the decline continues male primary school teachers will extinct by 2050.

We’re joined by Angelo Gavrielatos is the President of the NSW Teachers Federation; and Joel, a male teacher who is watching first-hand the decline in numbers of male teachers and the impact the decline is having.  

 

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