by SIMEON KERR
Teaching is also an unpopular career choice. Mr Hassan is one of only two Emirati staff at his school, and he bemoans the low esteem and salaries attached to his profession. A year after his students join the army, most of them are drawing a bigger salary than an experienced headmaster such as himself.
The result is that about 95 per cent of national teachers are women, which in turn means that after the age of five – when boys by law have to be taught by men – expatriate teachers form the majority.
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