Changes force schools to hire more teachers
LOCAL high schools are recruiting more teachers for subjects they expect to become more popular after the city government last year announced changes to the college entrance exam system.
The new system requires students to choose three test subjects — instead of one previously — from six options: history, geography, politics, chemistry, physics and biology.
Points scored in those subjects will be added to those gained in the compulsory subjects of Chinese, mathematics and English. As a result, there is now more demand for teachers in previously unpopular subjects, like geography and biology.
For example, Jiulong Model High School in Zhabei District has only one biology teacher, one geography teacher, two history teachers and two politics teachers for its 360 10th- to 12th-grade pupils.
Lu Qisheng, principal of Shanghai No. 8 Middle School in Huangpu District, which has more than 800 pupils, said that even though extra teachers were recruited when the change to the exam system was announced a year ago, more might still be needed.
“We might need some more as the demand continues to grow,” he said.
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