GEMS Education has welcomed more than 1,850 new teachers from 57 nationalities to its annual GEMS Awareness Day.
It comes as the education giant adds two new schools to expand its network to 44 across the UAE.
GEMS Awareness Day serves as a key platform for integrating new teachers into the GEMS workforce, which this year celebrates 65 years since the Varkey founding family began the group in Dubai.
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This coming international academic year will see the opening of two new schools:
- GEMS Founders School – Masdar City (Abu Dhabi)
- GEMS Founders School – Dubai South
GEMS Education expects to have more than 140,000 enrolments by the beginning of the new academic term next week, an increase in line with enlarged capacity across its network in the UAE of more than 4,200 with the introduction of the new schools and expansion projects across several existing schools.
As an internationally recognised employer of choice, GEMS attracts educators from around the world.
Many of this year’s new hires have relocated from abroad, chiefly from the UK, India, and Egypt, and are already settling into their new school communities. Some two-thirds of the new teaching recruits are female.
Additionally, 794 Emirati nationals have joined GEMS since the launch of its award-winning Emiratisation programme in late 2022 in support of the UAE government’s strategy.
Importantly, GEMS has retained more of its teachers than ever before with 80 per cent returning for the new academic year despite increased competition globally for the best teachers, with three new heads of schools being promoted from within in recent months.
GEMS Founder Sunny Varkey said: “Investing in wellbeing is not just a strategy. It is a fundamental principle that underpins the long-term success of GEMS Education. We remain a place where talented people want to join, stay, and ultimately retire with a deep sense of accomplishment and pride.”
“However, there is something I have learnt – in the end, everything comes down to one thing: communication. It is the foundation upon which we build trust. We must connect with parents, engage with students, and your fellow teachers to understand each other’s needs and share ideas.”
The new intake of teachers spans the full range of year groups from Kindergarten and Foundation Stage to Post-16, and covers British, IB, US and Indian curricula.
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