Obama to return to teaching after White House?

US President Barack Obama has told American TV network ABC that he wants to return to education when he leaves the presidency, BBC News reports.

"I love teaching, I miss teaching," he said, adding that his priority was to win a second term in the White House.

President Obama lectured at the University of Chicago's law school for 12 years before he joined the Senate.

His appearance with First Lady Michelle Obama on daytime talk show "The View" is seen as an appeal to women voters.

Six weeks before the election, Republican presidential rival Mitt Romney's campaign team has criticised Obama's decision to fit in the recorded TV interview during a short visit to New York for the UN General Assembly.

Unlike in previous years, President Obama has not scheduled meetings with any other international leaders, notably Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu. Mr Romney said on Monday he found that "very troubling".