Teachers are overworked, struggling with a full teaching schedule alongside lesson planning, marking and administration. As a result, teachers leave the profession in their droves, and student progression has stalled.
While technology can help, our education system is often stuck in the past and fails to use the latest technology.
But this does not need to be the case. Instead, we need to embed new technologies like Artificial Intelligence (AI) and virtual reality that reduce teacher admin and marking burden, and improve student performance.
The problem
We’ve known for some time that teachers are overworked. A recent study by the OECD shows that full-time lower secondary teachers in England reported working, on average, nearly 50 hours a week. Some 20 per cent higher than the OCED average of 41 hours a week.