This refers to the report, “Private tuition becoming an increasing trend among teachers,” published on Nov. 29, which mentions about many teachers in the kingdom offering their students “private tuition sessions” despite a clear edict against this by the Ministry of Education.
Foreign English instructors employed by recruitment agents to teach Preparatory Year Programs in universities across the Kingdom are also tutoring privately. These instructors have neither iqamas nor employment visas. They have 3-month business visit visas and they keep renewing every 90 days in a foreign country like Bahrain. They are lured to Saudi Arabia with promises of tax-free high salaries, which they supplement with after-hour tutoring to university and high school students.
When will the Ministry of Labor and Ministry of Higher Education and Ministry of Foreign Affairs investigate these visa scams taking place in universities across the nation?
Are these foreign instructors immune from prosecution because they are Western? — J. Braun, By an email
