Dubai, February 09: Thinning interest among UAE nationals to pursue education degrees and high turnover of teachers are cause for concern, but experts feel the situation can be remedied by placing teachers on par with other professionals through licences.
Fatma Al Marri, CEO of Dubai Schools Agency at the Knowledge and Human Development Authority said teachers do not have the drive to stay on. “After a while their motivation starts to decline and they seek other jobs,” she said.
At a Dubai School of Government discussion on Teachers and Teaching in the UAE on Sunday, Dr Peggy Blackwell, Dean of the College of Education at the Zayed University, said there was need to raise the profile of teaching. “There must be a licence system,” she said. “The same way we licence a lawyer.”
–Agencies