HS: Helsinki still needs about 1,300 early-childhood education teachers

THE CITY OF HELSINKI continues to need roughly 1,300 early-childhood education teachers, reports Helsingin Sanomat.

The newspaper revealed yesterday that around 1,000 of the 1,300 teacher positions are presently held by childminders without teacher qualifications, whereas the remaining almost 300 positions are unfilled, with the duties performed by short-term substitutes.