Male primary school teacher numbers dropping, will be 'extinct' by 2067, study finds

Anthony Piovesan
Updated September 21 2017 - 11:26am, first published 11:23am
Stawell West Primary principal Jim O'Brien says teaching is a great career for males. Picture: Anthony Piovesan
Stawell West Primary principal Jim O'Brien says teaching is a great career for males. Picture: Anthony Piovesan

The number of male teachers has dropped so dramatically there will be none left in Australian primary schools within 50 years unless governments take action, researchers claimed.

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