The Ontario government's move to add 2,600 teacher college spaces will open 200 new entry slots to Western University's education program over the next two years.

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Donna Kotsopoulos, Western's dean of the education faculty, said the added spaces are a good step forward as the province works to fix a pressing teacher shortage.

One of the factors causing the shortage is a lack of spaces for would-be teachers to train and certify.

"We see that across the province, we turn away approximately 50 per cent of the students who apply," Kotsopoulos said. "We maintain a waiting list of between 600 to 800 students for our spots. So the program is

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