Trainee teachers will be able to earn while they learn after ministers announced a "game-changing" apprenticeship scheme providing cost-free degrees reports Sky News.
The Department for Education (DfE) said the teacher degree apprenticeship will be "a high-quality, alternative route" to become a qualified primary or secondary school teacher.
Hear Lucy Kellaway on BBC4's Today Programme discussing the launch. Teacher attraction as well as retention on the agenda.
Additional reporting from Sky News.
Reference: https://news.sky.com/story/trainee-teachers-to-be-offered-fee-free-apprenticeship-degrees-13063611
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