{"id":138712,"date":"2021-02-05T15:56:57","date_gmt":"2021-02-05T06:56:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=138712&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2021-02-05T15:56:57","modified_gmt":"2021-02-05T06:56:57","slug":"record-low-applicants-for-elementary-school-teacher-jobs-in-fukuoka","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/record-low-applicants-for-elementary-school-teacher-jobs-in-fukuoka\/","title":{"rendered":"Record Low Applicants For Elementary School Teacher Jobs In Fukuoka"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kyushu regions marked its record-lowest job-openings-to-applicants ratios for teaching positions at elementary schools. While the national average in 2019 fell to 2.7 from the year before (-0.1), much lower numbers were reported in Kyushu; 1.4 for Saga Prefecture and Nagasaki Prefecture, 1.5 for Kitakyushu City, and 1.6 for Fukuoka Prefecture. Indeed, these regions were four of the five municipalities with the lowest ratios in the country. The Ministry explained a need to review the education and recruiting system to secure enough skilled teachers.<\/span><b> Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nikkei.com\/article\/DGXZQODG019280R00C21A2000000\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nikkei<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \/ <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.saga-s.co.jp\/articles\/-\/629132\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saga Shimbun<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-138713\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/fukuoka-elementary-schood.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/fukuoka-elementary-schood.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/fukuoka-elementary-schood.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/fukuoka-elementary-schood.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/fukuoka-elementary-schood.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>Photograph provided by<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/showcase.city.fukuoka.lg.jp\/en\/photo\/img0390.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Fukuoka City<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><i>Disclaimer<\/i><\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Fukuoka Now posts summaries of Kyushu area news for those who cannot read Japanese. 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