GENEVA, June 12 (Xinhua) -- Many developed countries struggle to attract talented young people to the teaching profession, but not Switzerland, where it remains an attractive choice, a report of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) showed Tuesday.
The rate in Switzerland is higher than the OECD average, as teaching is relatively well paid and valued by society there.
In all, six percent of all 15-year-olds answered "teacher" to the question: "What kind of job do you expect to have when you are 30 years old?" the Effective Teacher Policies: Insights from PISA (Program for International Student Assessment) report found.
This was more than the 4.2-percent average across OECD members and more than the share of teachers in the labor force (2.4 percent OECD average).
The rate was also higher than in some other top-performing PISA ones such as Finland (4.6 percent) and Singapore (4.4 percent), which is not a member of the OECD.
Working with over 100 economies, the OECD is a global policy forum that promotes policies to improve the economic and social well-being of people around the world.
Like in other OECD members, more girls in Switzerland opted for teaching (9 percent) than boys (3 percent).
And the students wanting to teach were among the best students.
OECD analyst Francesco Avvisati, who helped prepare the report, told Swiss national broadcaster Swissinfo, this is "perhaps a reflection of the fact that the teaching profession in Switzerland is relatively well-paid, is valued by society and provides attractive opportunities for professional growth."
In Switzerland, a secondary school teacher's starting salary as reported in 2017, was 67,483 Swiss francs (69,000 U.S. dollars).
However, there have been concerns raised over teachers' workload and stress levels, said Swissinfo.
