In 51% of municipal general and special education schools, at least one support staff position remains unfilled, according to summarized information from the Ministry of Education and Science, reports LETA.
In mid-October, there were 321 vacancies in schools, which accounts for 8.7% of the total required number of support staff positions in these educational institutions. Most of the unfilled vacancies are for teaching assistants, speech therapists, and psychologists. At the same time, there is not a single school without at least one support staff position.
The greatest shortage of such specialists is observed in the suburbs of Riga, in Riga itself, and in the Limbaži region.
The Ministry indicates that support staff in schools are not assigned to specific classes and can also be employed in education departments and dispatched to schools as needed. Therefore, detailed statistics on the staff shortage at different levels of education are currently unavailable.
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