Ministers are planning the first recruitment drive for maths and physics teachers from overseas since the 1970s.
A £300,000 contract is being offered for a private company to help schools find staff in subjects where there is a shortage. The teachers will be recruited from the Czech Republic, Germany, Poland and the US.
The move comes as the Migration Advisory Committee - an independent body which offers guidance to Ministers - recommended widening the number of subjects for which schools could recruit from non-EU countries.
Primary schools have for many years had to create extra classrooms, and now the population bulge is moving on to secondaries.
More teachers are also needed to meet the growing demand for maths and science at A-level following a government drive to get more youngsters to study tougher subjects.
The contract talks of recruiting 50 maths and physics teachers initially, but this may be expanded to cover other subjects.
Source:
Daily Mail