去年小学专任教师减少6.62万 ，农村“富余”的老师去哪里

Group 1 - The number of full-time teachers in urban primary schools increased by 87,800 last year, while the number of teachers in town and rural primary schools decreased by 36,000 and 118,000 respectively [1][2] - In 2024, the total number of full-time primary school teachers in China is expected to decrease by 66,200 compared to the previous year, with 11 provinces reporting an increase in primary school teachers [1][2] - The decline in the number of teachers is attributed to changes in birth rates, which have already impacted kindergarten education, with a reduction of 412,300 teachers from 3,244,200 in 2022 to 2,831,900 in 2024 [1] Group 2 - The shift of population from rural areas to urban centers is leading to a surplus of primary school teachers while creating a shortage of middle school teachers, prompting some regions to reassign teachers from primary to middle schools [3] - For instance, Xiamen's Tong'an District Education Bureau plans to select primary school teachers to teach in middle and high schools starting in June 2024 to optimize teacher allocation without increasing fiscal burden [3] - This internal resource optimization is seen as a strategy to address the imbalance in teacher distribution between primary and middle schools [3]