“What we’ll see is, the ratio won’t be (one worker for 20 students),” mentioned Annie Charland, president of the union’s faculty sector.
“They’re really going to be overloaded.”
Union vice-president Frédéric Brun mentioned the issue is exacerbated by the continued instructor scarcity, as many particular training technicians have been requested to fill in on the head of the classroom.
“We’re not just talking about staff shortages, but we’re also talking about a shortage of services for students who have special needs, who have difficulties,” he mentioned.
Last week, Quebec’s training minister mentioned that finally rely there have been at the very least 8,558 vacant instructing positions, together with 1,859 full-time and 6,699 part-time.
Despite a recruitment drive, Education Minister Bernard Drainville mentioned Quebec would proceed to depend on what he referred to as “not legally qualified” people — who don’t have instructing certificates or levels — to fill lecture rooms.
On Sunday, the union mentioned it was additionally anxious in regards to the variety of help employees which have stop their jobs in recent years, together with 400 on the Montreal service centre and greater than 175 at Mille-Îles.
Charland mentioned the tough working circumstances are driving even skilled employees away.
“I’m talking about people with 20 to 25 years’ seniority who say to me, ‘You know, Annie, I can’t do this any more,’” she mentioned.
Brun, for his half, mentioned help employees are a number of the lowest-paid public sector employees whose duties are sometimes poorly-defined. Both leaders referred to as for higher pay and dealing circumstances with a purpose to recruit and retain extra employees.
This report by The Canadian Press was first printed Aug. 27, 2023.
Coralie Laplante, The Canadian Press
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As Quebec struggles to recruit sufficient lecturers to fill its lecture rooms as college students head again to highschool, a serious union is warning that it’s proving equally onerous to search out sufficient help employees. School buses are proven at a depot in Vaudreuil-Dorion, Que., west of Montreal, Sunday, May 10, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
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