TEACHER DEMOGRAPHIC DIVIDEND Provincial Spotlight Series - Nic Spaull (Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation)

% of educators at this age More children means we need more teachers, or class sizes will rise All sources agree: Child-age population is expected to expand Source: Figure 7 in the report Projections of Educators by Age and Average Cost to 2070 by Martin Gustafsson (Jun 2023) Notes: he source for population is the World Population Prospects of 2006 and 2022 of the United Nations, available through. [...] Young teachers Initial teacher graduates and young Persal joiners The graph that helped to kick off the provincial study Source: Figure 27 in the report Projections of Educators by Age and Average Cost to 2070 by Martin Gustafsson (Jun 2023) Notes: For graduates, source is the DHET annual reports of 2019/20 to 2021/22. [...] Assume 20% educator growth for GP, 10% for WC and a decline in 10% of educators in the EC. [...] Assume 20% educator growth for GP, 10% for WC and a decline in 10% of educators in the EC. [...] Assume 20% educator growth for GP, 10% for WC and a decline in 10% of educators in the EC.