The episode (12/10/2020) of the "A Story of the Rest" program shed light on education in the Arab countries, as Arab countries are among the most spending, as spending on education in 2017 reached large numbers relative to public spending in the country.
According to a UNESCO report issued in 2019, Lebanon spent in 2017 about 2.5% of GDP on education, just as Jordan spent 3.5% in the same year, and in Tunisia it reached 6.6%, and in Amman spending on education was 6.7%.
The Corona pandemic has exacerbated the situation, as about 1.6 billion students around the world are absent from school seats and have turned them in most countries to distance learning, which is the proportion of nearly 80% of students around the world, and the difficulty is not limited to students only, but includes teachers and their families. .
The Sudanese teacher, Agiba Suleiman, talked about her beginnings in education, which started in 1994 as a cooperative teacher and not appointed by the government. Agiba sums up the 26-year journey of teaching in the difficulties of infrastructure, lack of necessary equipment and the large number of students, and the largest percentage of students drop out due to the school environment Unqualified as she put it.
Whereas the Algerian teacher, Abdel-Alim Al-Bashiri, explained the basis of the problem in his country, which he attributed to poor planning, as the areas of density are devoid of schools, and the existing schools were designed to accommodate a maximum of 30 students per class, but the reality today is that one class can accommodate about 50 students .
As for the Jordanian teacher Rami Zalloum, who decided to challenge his disability, he talked about the difficulties he faced at the beginning of his educational career, and continued that most teachers do not receive adequate training in order to deal with the student, and he needs additional income because of his disability, which forced him to work in another field to meet his requirements. .
However, retired Tunisian teacher Bouchac Ben Jeddou decided to abandon the education race after a career that spanned about 35 years in teaching, and confirmed during his "story the rest" that he never felt remorse for his career in education despite the harsh conditions he lived during his tenure.
The teachers summarize their problems in low income and lack of training, in addition to the pressure they are exposed to due to the lack of educational staff, in addition to the high cost of living, which pushes teachers to search for other work to increase their income.