Thousands of teachers have gone on strike to protest increases in workload in recent years, without adequate salary compensation.
The protest comes as the education industry faces an expected shortage of high performing students enrolling in teaching degrees, which current striking teachers attribute to massive workloads and uncompetitive salaries - an issue that will only worsen if action is not taken.
New South Wales Education Minister Sarah Mitchell has criticised the Union-led protests as being disruptive, saying the protests have done more damage to the education system in one day than COVID-19 has done throughout the whole term.