Especially in subjects like Technology, Music, and IT, schools are hiring part-time lecturers, often fresh grads or borrowed teachers from neighboring schools. One school has been hunting for a tech teacher for THREE years. The city’s education department says they’ve hired 5,000+ teachers recently; but the problem isn’t just hiring. It’s matching the right teacher to the right school. Some schools have too many, others have none. And while 246 schools now have full power to hire their own teachers (even foreign ones), many principals say the process is still too slow, too bureaucratic. If your child’s school is missing a music or tech teacher, it’s not just bad luck; it’s a systemic gap. And the real question is: when will schools get true freedom to hire who they need, when they need them? Because right now, kids are learning from temp staff while the system catching up.