A selection of the latest education news and jobs from around the world:
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Overview
Dubai continues to expand its international school sector with the opening of a new Durham School campus at Dubai Investment Park. This is in spite of recent reports that around 100 teaching jobs are still unfilled in the city at the start of the new academic year. Evidently, the consumer demand for a good education is high enough in Dubai that schools boards are still investing in the city with hope, despite enthusiasm for globalization rolling back overseas in recent years.
One trigger point in the rollback of globalisation has been the responses to Covid-19 among different governments. While some countries are still locking down, the UK and USA are increasingly regretful of the decision to do so. The evidence from education supports the idea that it was a long-term mistake, with reports this week that lockdown has caused mental health issues for Chinese students and a catastrophic drop in basic reading and math skills among US primary students.
On a more positive note, policy makers and academics in Australia are at work devising solutions to the current teacher shortage. If you are a teacher, some of the suggestions that bode well are the prospects of pay rises, reducing the number of school initiatives, and increased opportunities for overseas immigration. With the teacher shortage far from over, qualified educators have plenty of leverage in this situation.
Current Jobs (@pgcejobs.com)
Haberdashers’ Crayford Academy – Teacher of English
Queen Elizabeth School Old Students Association – School-based NET
Mesaieed International School – Arabic and Islamic Studies Teacher
Sunmarke School Dubai – Primary EAL Teacher
The Sheikh Zayed Private Academy for Girls – SEN Learning Support Assistant
West Yas Academy, Abu Dhabi – Head of Science
Doha Academy – Primary Class Teacher
Caritas Wu Cheng-chung Secondary School – Native-speaking English Teacher
St. Catherine’s International Kindergarten & Nursery – Native-speaking English Teachers
Eccles Sixth Form College – Teacher of Business
Newton British Academy, Qatar – Environmental Management and Geography Teacher
Yu Chun Keung Memorial College – Native-speaking English Teacher
News
Around Africa
UNESCO calls for transformation to education, with 244,000,000 still out of school
Australia
Fixing Australia’s teacher shortage
Dr. David Armstrong’s solution to the teacher shortage
China
How lockdown has affected mental health among Chinese students
Dubai
Durham School Dubai opens new campus
Around the EU
The teacher shortage in the Republic of Ireland
Hong Kong
Changes to the Hong Kong school system
India
Commentary on India’s teacher shortage
Russia
Kremlin approved history a priority for schools
Ukraine
Students return to broken schools
United Kingdom
Liz Truss says the government went too far closing schools during lockdown
United States
Unprecedented drop in reading and maths skills for America’s youth
