House of Assembly Fifty-Fifth Parliament, First Session (55-1) 55 1 Parliament of South Australia House of Assembly published Estimates Replies Teacher Recruitment Teacher Recruitment The Hon. J.A.W. GARDNER House of Assembly Morialta Teacher Recruitment In reply to the Hon. J.A.W. GARDNER (Morialta) (23 June 2025). (Estimates Committee A) The Hon. B.I. BOYER House of Assembly Wright Minister for Education, Training and Skills Teacher Recruitment The Hon. B.I. BOYER (Wright—Minister for Education, Training and Skills): I have been advised: In 2022, there were 12,184 permanent teachers employed by the Department for Education. At that time, to increase this number by 10 per cent, there would need to be 1,218 additional permanent teachers. Between 2022 and 2025, more than 1,800 teachers have been converted to permanency, thus exceeding this target. Schools and preschools across the system have since been rapidly converting temporary contract teachers to ongoing, with significant uplift achieving approximately 230 per cent increase in the rate of teacher conversions, from around 200 per year prior to the election, to approximately 700 per year currently. Of those being converted to permanent, nearly 50 per cent are younger teachers under the age of 30, and one-third have been working on a contract for over five years, demonstrating that the intent of the commitment (supporting younger teachers and creating job certainty) has been met. Department employee permanency numbers and rates are published annually in the second half of the year on the department’s website (workforce datasets and profiles.)