“We have teachers out there who are actually prepared to come into the mixture, but the board guidelines make it so difficult.”

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Rundle said red tape that needed to be removed included having to log 20 hours of teaching commitment a year, including formal professional learning or reading, and 20 days of professional engagement.

“The Teacher Registration Board is an opportunity for [the minister] to improve the situation and get teachers at the coalface,” Rundle said.

But Teacher Registration Board of WA chairwoman Margaret Collins said was it was wrong to characterise legislative and nationally consistent requirements for teacher registrations as “red tape”.

“They are in place to ensure that the best interests of children are being addressed,” she said.

“Such minimum requirements are a common feature of any vocation where professional registration is mandated.

“Some flexibility is afforded to applicants who have previously been registered with the board. Such applicants are not, for example, generally required to provide evidence of their qualifications again.”

Collins said after a fixed period of registration, usually five years, teachers were required to demonstrate their ongoing proficiency and suitability to secure re-registration.

Education Department deputy director-general Jim Bell said the department engaged in year-round activities to ensure there was an experienced and qualified supply of quality teachers, particularly in the lead up to the school year.