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How to tackle the private tuition issue

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THE move of the Ministry of Education to abolish educational inspections and transfer the inspectors to work directly in schools under the job description ‘senior supervisor’ or ‘senior teacher’, is perhaps in consonance with what we have already reported on the need to activate the role of inspectors in the light of the growing problem of private tuitions.

Published: Sat 14 May 2005, 10:49 AM

Updated: Thu 2 Apr 2015, 8:26 PM

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The increase in inspection tours — or what was in the past known as inspection — will disclose the efforts being made by the teachers to upgrade the academic performance of the students. In the meantime, it will also expose those teachers who are deliberately letting the standard of students remain poor in order to force parents to arrange tuitions for them. Thus, securing a chance to earn extra income through such private tuitions.

The disadvantage in this system is that teachers and inspectors will become colleagues, working in one place throughout the day. In such a situation, they would develop close contacts and work to help each other. Thus, the ‘inspectors’ would not be totally unbiased in their work. If that happens, the ministerial order will become ineffective.

Therefore, we suggest to the ministry to decide on posting inspectors, working in both public and private schools. The appointment of those inspectors should be on a permanent basis, provided the inspection section at the ministry supervises their work.

If the government allocates about Dh5 billion for education, and the parents put their children in private schools, setting aside 10 to 30 per cent of their income as budget for the education of their loved ones, the educational system should be closely monitored and thoroughly scrutinised.



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