According to a number of teachers of «Mathematics» and «English» that the weekly teaching plan «distribution of assessments», exhausted and wasted their energies, which affects their performance in the classroom.
They told Emirates Today that the Ministry of Education has instructed that a teacher should have a quota of between 28 and 30 classes per week, requiring that the teacher spend more than 90% of his time during the week in class.
Teachers, who preferred not to be named, said: “The weekly quorum exceeds the capacity of the teacher. "The teacher himself needs some time to catch his breath and regain his activity, so that constant pressure does not lead to poor performance in class. He spends more than 90% of his time at school every week." They pointed out that the teacher is not only working to teach his subjects, and follow-up students only attainment and behavioral, but assigned to him additional tasks, including supervision and rotation, and others, pointing out that their actual working hours are not limited to seven or eight hours within the school, but extends to hours In the home, to prepare lessons, and correct student papers, which affects their family life, especially teachers who need time to take care of the affairs of their families and children.
They added that this great pressure on teachers exposed them to domestic problems because of the lack of opportunity for them to follow up on the affairs of their families.
According to a letter from the school operations sector to the schools, the quota of teachers of the Department of English assigned to the first functional level between 28 and 30 classes per week.
Another circular directed by one of the directors of the domain to schools, explained that the quorum of the mathematics teacher from 28 to 30 classes, adding that if the number of classes for four divisions is 32, it can be withdrawn two to four quorum, and thus the number of classes for two divisions is seven, and for the two divisions The other two are eight classes, and then a quorum varies between 28 if a quota is withdrawn from each division and 30 classes, provided that the minimum quorum is 28 or depending on the school's situation.
The UAE Today asked the ministry about the “intensity of the weekly quota for teachers” and “relying on teachers as part of the Teach for the Emirates initiative.” The ministry responded, through its government liaison department, that there was a “circular sent to schools without assigning Teachers with a quorum of more than 25 additional tasks ».
Ministerial Circular
The Ministry of Education has confirmed that it has circulated to schools not to assign teachers who share more than 25 classes any additional tasks, while a government school official said: «In order not to assign the school management teachers additional tasks, it must be provided an administrative staff to perform these tasks, and this does not exist. Therefore, the administration uses the teachers of the school to carry out administrative and supervisory tasks ».