Several Emirati male teachers are quitting their teaching jobs and shifting to freelance works, businesses or jobs with government departments and private companies, due to lesser salaries and lack of benefits.
This is as per the statistics by Ministry of Education (MoE).
The figures reveal that male Emirati teachers constitute only 11 percent of total number of teachers in government schools countrywide.
The Director of Sharjah Education Zone, Fawziya Hassan, said “The figures are shocking. The shortage of male Emirati teachers is bogging government schools in the country.”
For instance, in Sharjah, while the female Emirati teachers stood at 1.140, only 43 male teachers were found in UAE. The low salaries could be the main reason behind the trend, she said.
In Ajman too, national male teachers were 21 in number, compared to 665 female teachers. The waiting list of applicants for teaching jobs has 63 candidates, out of which, 62 are females.
Speaking about the problem, the Director of RAK Education Zone, Abdullah Hammad, said that the number of men teachers in zonal schools totals to 106, when compared to 1695 female teachers.
“If more nationals are required to take up the job, then only an enhancement in salaries and other benefits such as decent accommodation, and healthcare services would be of help,” he said.
Even the Director of Private Education Department at the Ajman Education Zone, Moussa Ghareeb, said that Emiratization of teaching jobs would not work, unless salaries and other benefits of teachers are improved.
“The main factor behind the UAE graduates opting out of teaching is the poor salaries and lack of benefits,” he pointed out.
A senior official at the Umm Al Quwain Education Zone pointed out that the ratio of male and female teachers too, is not what it should normally be. Also, while teachers who have spent years together in this profession are being paid a maximum of Dh.20,000, the newly appointed employees in other government departments draw the same salaries apart from other perks. Posted on 24/12/2008
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