Fears of incompetence and ambiguity of ideas ... and students: price first
"Distance education" opens the door to private lessons for teachers from outside the country
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Teachers in public and private schools revealed that competitors from outside the country entered the "private lessons market" and controlled a large share of it, taking advantage of the application of the distance education system and hybrid education, and the Ministry of Education banned direct private lessons.
And they warned against resorting to people outside the country, and allowing them to communicate with students, as it is not excluded that the student might be exposed to harassment, or the promotion of false ideas and concepts.
Teachers advertise themselves on social media, and offer to provide educational services for a fee that is less than what their counterparts in the UAE receive.
Relatives of students attributed the reason for their employing teachers from outside the country to give their children private lessons, to the cheapness of the money they get compared to the offers of local school teachers, stressing that distance education is equal to everyone and the price preference has become.
In detail, "Emirates Today" monitored the emergence of a new competitor for private tutoring teachers, represented in a number of external educational sites, and university students from outside the country finally entered the private lessons market to ignite competition and reduce prices, relying on the fact that the lessons of "On-Line" have become the only solution for students. To obtain additional academic assistance, after the Ministry of Education banned all forms of remedial classes offered to male and female students by direct meeting, and warned them that they place the teacher and students under the updated regulation to control violations and administrative penalties, issued by the Cabinet decision to limit the spread of the Corona virus, and it is a fine. The teacher is 10 thousand dirhams, and each student is fined 5000 dirhams.
Advertisements for remote tutoring centers, which provide services from outside the country, and allow students to choose the teacher, his nationality and the most appropriate time for classes, were spread on social networking sites and students ’families’ groups on “Facebook”, in addition to individual advertisements for teachers of Arab nationalities, whose pages were shown on Social media sites reside outside the country, and some of them do not work in the field of teaching.
Teachers in public and private schools, Ayman Saber, Ahmed Ramadan, Noha Al-Asali, and Fatima Al-Aasar said that the application of the distance education system and hybrid education introduced competitors from outside the country into the private lessons market, the majority of whom are unemployed, looking for financial gain, without considering To the interest of the student or the extent of his benefit, pointing to the increase in the number of electronic educational platforms that compete to attract students.
They emphasized that there are remote teachers, from outside the state, who do not primarily work in the teaching profession, and some of them are unemployed graduates, or are still university students, according to their social media pages, and they market false biographies about their educational experiences and the places in which they worked, With the aim of deceiving parents and making a quick financial profit.
Muhammad Nasser, Karam Ali, Mayada Farouk and Iman Walid warned that “the phenomenon of private lessons has become more dangerous after its spread (online), as it allows anyone to claim educational experience and practice the profession, which leads to the student not benefiting and losing time. And money.
Resorting to unknown persons who are outside the country and allowing them to communicate with students is a great danger, as it is not excluded that the student will be exposed to electronic bullying, harassment, or the promotion of false ideas and concepts, especially since it is not possible to ascertain the true personalities and goals of the teachers. ».
And they warned the students' families against resorting to private lessons.
They advised them, if the student’s need for support is severe, to contact the school to implement an academic support plan for him.
Students of the students emphasized that distance education contributed to expanding the options for their children to receive additional support for a lower financial return, pointing to the emergence of many electronic platforms that provide remote tutoring services, and provide teachers of more than one nationality, with the service of recording the lesson, and the possibility of re-watching it. Unlimited number of times.
The relatives of Yasser Obaid, Hisham Nabil, Sherine Adel, and Hana Samir, explained that these platforms have met with great demand, especially since the price of the class ranges between 40 and 50 dirhams for students in the second and third rounds, while the first cycle students are offered lessons in Arabic, English, mathematics and science. (American and British curriculum) for a monthly fee of 300 dirhams, in addition to providing students with working papers, abstracts, and questions and answers.
The mother of two students in the eighth and tenth grades (American curriculum), Nehme Youssef, indicated that she resorted to online lessons at the end of last year after the outbreak of the Corona virus, and the prohibition of direct private lessons, pointing out that they are useful for students and less costly for parents. What encouraged her to repeat the experience with the beginning of the current school year.
On the other hand, the Department of Education and Knowledge affirmed, in the guide for students' parents to reopen private schools, that private schools are obligated to bridge the educational gap, by conducting an evaluation of students to see the extent to which they benefit from the provided programs and to identify the areas in which they need additional support to compensate for their lost achievement. Al-Alami due to the closure of the school and distance education, indicating that schools will focus on basic subjects during the next stage, and other non-essential subjects will be integrated into the math and reading and writing classes as much as possible.
The Ministry of Education attributed the ban on direct private lessons to its commitment to apply preventive measures and precautionary measures to confront the emerging corona virus, which would preserve the security, safety and health of our students in particular, and consequently the safety and health of society.
5 features of hybrid education
The Ministry of Education affirmed that hybrid education has five advantages: It includes providing everyone with the opportunity for sustainable education, by overcoming the temporal and geographical obstacle, expanding the area of learning to include the world, not being limited to the classroom, reducing education expenditures compared to direct education, saving effort and teacher time, and saving Flexibility in learning time and time to join his programs, and it allows the student to learn at the same time that his colleagues learn without being late to them, in addition to that it qualifies students for future jobs by taking into account the individual differences between them, so that each learner can walk in learning according to his needs and abilities.
She indicated that hybrid education requires teachers of the Emirati school to deal effectively with educational technology, direct interaction with learners, designing printed and electronic exams and assessment tools, and the ability to integrate between traditional and smart education.
Teachers:
"There are remote teachers who do not work in teaching, and some of them are still university students."
Private lessons announcements from outside the country allow you to choose the most appropriate teacher and time for lessons.
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