ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES OF THE SHORTAGE OF QUALIFIED PERSONNEL IN EDUCATION

The shortage of qualified personnel in the education sector poses long-term threats to sustainable economic development and the reproduction of human capital. Insufficient staffing of schools, colleges, and universities with competent educators leads to a decline in education quality, weakened cohort training, and increased social inequality. This article examines the macroeconomic and institutional consequences of the personnel deficit, including reduced labor productivity, potential GDP losses, increased retraining costs, and slowed innovation activity. The need for systemic investment in the teaching profession is substantiated, aimed at enhancing its prestige, retaining specialists, and restoring education’s strategic role as a cornerstone of the knowledge economy.