Why are there so many older teachers in rural primary and secondary schools, and young teachers are reluctant to teach?

Netizen one:

Our country's teacher establishment is based on the number of students and the number of students in the school district. Rural areas, especially remote rural areas, have difficult conditions and have not yet established a guarantee for new people. How can we recruit young people, so it is normal to focus on older teachers.

With the improvement of people's living standards, the loss of rural students is particularly serious. People attach great importance to education and let their children go to the city to study. Compared with a few decades ago, it is really different. This has resulted in the fact that rural teachers are overstaffed, but these teachers cannot be laid off, and only these teachers can continue to teach, resulting in a vicious circle of overstaffing and newcomers not being able to enter. This is the main reason for the older age of rural primary and secondary school teachers.

Netizen two:

The urban environment is good, the reputation is good, and the treatment is good, causing young teachers to crowd into the city. (I'm not criticizing young teachers here. It's okay for people to go to high places. If I were 10 years younger, I would also find a way to go to the city.) Either change careers or go to a city school. Teachers who stay in rural schools can only grow older as the years go by.

Rural schools have fewer students and less public funds, and the opportunities for teachers to go out to study are very slim. The teacher has become a frog at the bottom of the well, and it is difficult to improve the professional level. Therefore, young teachers who are a little self-motivated have to find ways to change their status quo.

In addition, there are fewer and fewer students in rural schools, which increases the crisis for the survival of rural schools. The young teacher was worried about losing his job, and in order to make a living, he had to find another way out.

Netizen three:

I have personal experience with this issue. My daughter-in-law is a teacher in a rural middle school in our county. She has a staff and has a stable job. It should be considered a decent job in our local area, but there are many young and old teachers, and teaching is full of helplessness.

Our county is located in a remote location and has backward economic conditions. Many young people choose to stay in big cities after graduating from college, and foreigners are even more reluctant to come to work here. Objectively, the number of young teachers is also decreasing.

Secondly, although the conditions and benefits of rural schools have been improved, there is still a gap. It cannot be said that they are comparable to those in the city, or even the county schools. The wages and benefits are not attractive to young people, and the old teachers are more stable.

Third, the work pressure is high. Although there are many staff in rural schools, there are very few people who actually work. Some are seconded to the county-level organs, some old teachers are in logistics or only take unimportant subjects, and teachers in important positions such as head teachers, language, mathematics, etc. are all given to young teachers. Can only overwhelm young teachers.