Half of all government-employed teachers in South Africa are aged 50 years or older, so the country will soon face a wave of teacher retirements.
Half of all government-employed teachers in South Africa are aged 50 years or older, so the country will soon face a wave of teacher retirements.
Replacing older teachers will be one of the biggest challenges facing the country, but it also offers the opportunity to renew the teaching workforce. The Teacher Demographic Dividend (TDD) project seeks to understand these challenges, and possible windows of opportunity created by this unprecedented demographic change.
Research groups
The TDD project consists of five complementary research groups, each investigating a different aspect of the impending wave of teacher retirements.
It is important to be aware of an impending need for more teachers, for the simple reason that teaching staff form the backbone of our schooling system. Without sufficient teachers, it would not be possible to educate our children.
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Resep
Research on Socioeconomic Policy (Resep) is a group of researchers in the Department of Economics at the University of Stellenbosch. It developed around a long-term research focus on issues of poverty, income distribution, social mobility, economic development and social policy.
Resep is responsible for the day-to-day management of the project. The project management and many of the researchers on the project have appointments to or are affiliated with Resep.
Research on Socioeconomic Policy (Resep) is a group of researchers in the Department of Economics at the University of Stellenbosch. It developed around a long-term research focus on issues of poverty, income distribution, social mobility, economic development and social policy.
Resep is responsible for the day-to-day management of the project. The project management and many of the researchers on the project have appointments to or are affiliated with Resep.
