The national education institutions do not have enough teachers, mainly of mathematics, physics and informatics, said the head of the Education Ministry's Human Resources Division Nicolae Ghenciu. According to him, the problem can be solved by employing university graduates, Info-Prim Neo reports. Nicolae Ghenciu said only 98 of the 183 vacancies for teachers of math and 77 of the 95 vacancies for teachers of physics will be filled. Fifty-eight university graduates will work as teachers of informatics, but there are nine more vacancies. As many 1,156 teachers are still needed in education institutions all over the country. The Ministry of Education hopes the vacancies will be filled by graduates whose studies were funded from the budget. 978 graduates have been hired to work in schools so far. “The students who studied on a contract basis are not obliged to work in schools,” said Nicolae Ghenciu. “But we hope they will want to work with the children and we will not experience a shortage of teachers.” Under the legislation, the young specialists who graduated from higher education establishments and agree to work in rural schools receive 30,000 lei in financial assistance, while the graduates of vocational schools – 24,000 lei. A number of 495 young specialists benefited from such support in 2007, 495 - in 2008, and 476 – in 2009. The sums are paid in several installments during three years. “But this fact does not make the teachers go and work in villages because the salaries are too low,” said Nicolae Ghenciu. The average salary of a teacher in 2009 was 2,641 lei.