”I won't become a teacher”... Violation of educational authority and low wages lead to sharp increase in ”reserve teachers” dropping out of schools = South Korea

As young teachers are leaving the classroom due to infringement of teaching rights and low wages, an increasing number of students at universities of education who are considered to be “preparatory teachers” are also dropping out.
On the 2nd, Jongno College released the current status of dropouts from education universities across the country.
This is the result of an analysis of university-specific dropout data from the "University Alrimi" survey. Last year, a total of 621 students dropped out of 10 universities of education nationwide due to voluntary withdrawal or non-registration. This is a 29.
The number of students dropping out of 10 universities of education nationwide has been increasing since 2019. In 2019, it was only 233, but in 2020 it was 272, and in 2021 it was 37.
The number is expected to increase to 0 in 2021, 478 in 2022, and 621 in 2023. This is a 2.7-fold increase over four years compared to 2019.
The dropout rate of students from the University of Education is closely related to the decline in the preference for teaching.
This is due to the low morale of teachers and the low wages. The number of young teachers leaving the classroom due to this situation is approaching 600 people nationwide.
According to the "Current Status of Retired Public Elementary, Middle, and High School Teachers Nationwide" report submitted by the Ministry of Education to Kwon Eun-hee, a lawmaker from the ruling People Power Party, 50% of teachers who retired in the past year (2022-2023) had worked for five years.
The total number of teachers under this age was counted at 589. This is nearly double the number from the previous academic year (2021-2022), when the number was 303.
Considering the recent decline in preference for universities of education, Jongno College is
He said it will be difficult to recruit students.