Mathematicians choose business over school

The Netherlands has a shortage of maths teachers because mathematicians are being tempted away from schools by the high salaries and career prospects offered by the business sector.

In the first four months of 2014, there were 298 vacancies for maths teachers in secondary schools, according to the mathematicians platform PWN, the AD reports.

This is double the number of vacancies four years ago.

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