Fewer Emirati’s want to teach!

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Fewer Emirati’s are turning to teaching causing as their chosen career, which in the long term has national security implications.

 

The concern comes from a recent report at the Federal National Council. A report in the academic year 2010 to 2011, stating that 44.7% of teachers are Emirati women and only 3.5% are Emirati men. Fewer Emirati’s are enrolling to become a teacher in the UAE making the UAE more reliable on expatriate staff to come and teach.

While there is a huge push in raising education standards, the Arab world does not want to let go the roots to its culture for the next generation to become too “westernised”. The Minister of Education Mr Hussain Ebrahim Al Hammadi was informed that the Ministry should seek more experienced staff or train them to look after talented students and help guide students to be citizens of the world.

 

As part of this the Ministry called for a enhancement of curriculums, teaching methods while ensuring their cultural identity and the Arabic language is preserved. As always there is a drive to raise standards in English, Mathematics and Science.

 

The Federal National Council of Ajman also stated that standards in education need to rise, even though the government is spending a lot of money to help nursery, primary and secondary schools.

 

“Universities spend 30 per cent of their budgets on high school graduates who lack the fundamentals in mathematics, sciences and English,” Al Nuaimi (Minister of Education) said. At the Federal National Council meeting it was discussed to establish system to ensure the UAE is bringing in a constant supply of sufficient quality teachers, a policy framework as well as a procedure for recruitment and retention. As of next year, teachers being recruited for Ajman will need to be fully certified before they are allowed to teach students.

 

With this in mind, we could predict that with the rise of school investors into that the demand for expatriate teachers will still be in high demand especially as expectations by Ministry of Education are on the rise.

 

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[Source: Zawya - More Emirati Teachers Needed]

[Source: Zawya - Quality of Education Needs to Improve]