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Over 90 pct of Kuwait''s primary schools teaching staff feminized -- Official |
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Monday, 21 June 2010 23:32 |
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KUWAIT, June 21 (KUNA) -- Assistant Undersecretary of Kuwaiti Ministry of Education for Public Education Mona Alloghani said Monday the process to feminize the teaching staff of the male primary schools was 90 percent complete.
"Only one or two schools in each educational directorate have yet to get their teaching staff fully feminized according to the program approved by the council of the ministry's undersecretaries eight years ago," Alloghani said.
She made the remarks during a ceremony held by Kuwait Teachers Society (KTS) to mark the end of "the female teacher motivation program." She sponsored the event on behalf of Minister of Education.
"The department of social and psychological service conducted an opinion poll in 1979 when 88 percent of the female teachers approved the project to involve them in primary education," Alloghani recalled.
"Later on studies showed that schoolchildren responded positively and vied to win the praise of female teachers," she added.
Meanwhile, KTS Chairman Aedh Al-Sahli said his society backed the Ministry in this project and in all efforts aiming to facilitate the educational process.
"The society noticed that some female teachers shun teaching in male schools for certain causes, so we caution against expanding the feminization program without taking into account the teachers' concerns," he added.
For her part, KTS board member and chairperson of the female teacher motivation program Laila Al-Sharif said the society conducted an assessment study of the project which led to several recommendations.
"The study recommended bringing down the number of schoolchildren to 18 -20 per classroom and toughening penalties against ill-behaved male pupils," she added. - Kuna
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