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Gulf education system 'failing business'
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Posted on Wednesday, 21 November 2007
Gulf Education
Posted by Gloria at 08:00 UAE time
What all the advisory panels and critics of the education system in the UAE seem to have forgotten is that the education system here is only 37 years in the making. However, give it credit for the development made in that short space of time. Yes there are huge differences in the systems, but the needs are slowly being addressed.
One of the shortfalls is that the system currently focuses on secondary and higher education needs. In order to ensure students are ready for the transition from primary to secondary, and secondary to higher education, they need to start at the primary level. Children learn quickly at this level and it is here that a development plan should focus with the aim to produce the next generation that will fulfill the strategy 2020 vision. Children should be taught in the medium required for higher education at this level with skilled teachers, with a focus on retaining their arabic heritage in culture and language. The curriculum should develop their English language abilities and train them how to study and achieve success.In this manner you would have a bilingual generation capable of stepping up to the challenges of the business world.
Although there are many dedicated teachers, currently far too many teachers are interested only in receiving a pay cheque without a thought for imparting knowledge properly. They teach by rote, and in English they translate into Arabic which does nothing to teach students how to challenge their own abilities, improve their knowledge and prepare them for the reality of university, let alone the workplace.
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Posted on Monday, 19 November 2007
failing universities?
Posted by Martin Giesen at 21:00 UAE time
The reality is not as bleak as some see it. 66% of graduates from a professional school at an American type university in Sharjah are gainfully and productively employed in their field of specialization one year after completing a professional degree. These students - male and female alike - are representative of the UAE range of nationalities. They have learned professional skills, are inculcated with excellent work ethics, are effective teamworkers and adhere to global standards of excellence. External rankings tend to favour the well known celebrities of the past. But new talent is growing right here in the Emirates. As we speak, these home grown contributors are making a difference in the private and public sectors of the Emirati economy.
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Too Relaxed
Posted by Mohammed Mehyo at 19:00 UAE time
Even the students who are sent abroad to study end up struggling. A lot of people, even within the gulf itself, agree that a lot of spolied, lazy students come from a gulf educational background. Students these days are becoming lazy and dependant, the gulf educational system is too lenient on them, they do not learn to work hard, all it takes is a single complaint to get a teacher to make a test or assignment easier. I have witnessed this first hand, having left the gulf to study abroad only recently. The educational system in the gulf is in need of major changes.
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Posted on Sunday, 18 November 2007
Gulf Education System
Posted by Patience at 18:00 UAE time
Mr Al Ghurair could not have put it better.
"Let's remove ourselves from being comfortable...." - unless our students / children learn to WORK, sweat, dirty their hands, there will always be the need for expartiates. It is OUR country, WE must WORK HARD and SWEAT for it. Give up our comforts temporarily, to learn and therefore become immediately employable.
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Clusters - The Driving Economic Strategy of Dubai
Posted by Prof Philbert at 18:00 UAE time
One of the recent seminars at GUST Logistics Forum under the patronage of Bahrain Embassy in Kuwait was to highlight the role of clusters that gives rise to knowledge cities. Does any GCC state have any educational infrstructure that can sustain knowledge workers more than those brawn used at the construction sites. The new wave of developent depends on critical thinkers esp those out of the box.
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GULF EDUCATION SYSTEM
Posted by Buddhadeb Mookerjee at 17:00 UAE time
This is a very thought provoking article. The gulf countries are spending huge sums of money on education with the hope of filling in the gap between demand and supply of skilled man power required to meet the enormous job opprtunities being created by the booming economy of the region. But unless the knowledge sector succeeds in creating graduates with appropriate skills as are required by the industries then there would be a major mismatch in the employment market. On the one hand industry will be starved of trained man power and on the other there would be a large number of graduates who would not be employable. The authorities need to address the issue as soon as possible.
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