Only about 14% of teachers in Kent primary schools are male.

BBC: Male primary teacher 'positive discrimination needed'

Teachers who understand computing is another: only 45% of primary school teachers and 36% in secondary schools have had information technology training in the past two years.

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Gender balance among staff is vital: countries with a higher proportion of female primary teachers are more likely to have higher enrolment rates for girls in secondary schools.

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The primary school counts 430 students and 17 teachers, grapples with classic problems of rural schools in many parts of the world from overcrowding and lack of clean water to difficulty in growing much-needed shade trees and river overflows in the rainy season.

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But the National Union of Teachers general secretary Christine Blower there was no evidence to show that academy status in primary schools brings any educational benefits.

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The report also reflects that the majority of young people currently get most of their history in primary schools and urges better training in the subject for primary teachers.

BBC: Overhaul school history, urges report by MPs and peers

But these calls have been resisted by unions representing primary school teachers, as well as by council directors of education, who have said most schools are ready to introduce the curriculum on time.

BBC: 'No delay' for school curriculum

These Victorian legacies include: reliance on the generalist class teacher rather than specialist subject teachers, lower per pupil funding than in secondary schools, lower status for primary school teachers, a formal education starting age of five, and long summer holidays which are left over from the days when children were needed to bring in the harvest.

BBC: All change for primary schools?

By comparing the number of graduates from accredited teacher-training programmes with the total number in the teaching workforce in public primary schools, it is possible to assess the efficiency of education systems to train teachers while attempting to meet the rising demand for teachers.

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