Teachers still more likely to emigrate for work

Teachers are the only group of graduates who were more likely to emigrate as the economy began to improve, new figures show.

Although they have the highest rates of employment, the proportion of recently qualified teachers who left the country a year after graduation more than doubled to 11% in just four years.

The official statistics are an indication of the problems facing schools and the Government of finding enough teachers to fill short-term gaps or to teach subjects at second-level in which there are shortfalls.