remuneration is the key
in attracting more students
toward a teaching degree

over the past few decades
there's been a drop off
in people wanting to undertake
these university courses

schools are feeling
the shortage pinch
where primary and secondary
teacher positions
cannot be filled

teaching is a noble profession
which should receive better pay
so as the drift from its lesson's
won't keep walking away

if the matter of wages
isn't urgently addressed
our education departments
will become more depressed

teachers are a society's most
valuable human resource
and not having enough of them
is so adverse in recourse