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A K Bhattacharya: Pay your teachers

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But creating world-class educational infrastructure is not just about constructing buildings and classrooms. A critical imperative is to attract the best academic talent from all over the world.

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#1 by nitajo posted ago

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This frustration is felt in many other countries.
Unfortunately, no academically bright student today looks at teaching or research as a career option as the salary differential between a teacher and a professional working in industry is huge.

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#2 by PiGuy posted ago

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In South Korea and Germany, starting salaries for teachers are about 141% of per capita GDP, while the figure for the United States is only 81%; in fact, all countries in this sample pay their teachers a significantly higher relative wage as a starting salary compared to the United States. Source: Economic Policy Institute

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