JEDDAH: Schoolteachers of a private school in Al-Baha have approached the concerned authorities after they were dismissed by the school administration.
The teachers submitted the official lodged complaint with the Workers Reconciliation Office and to the Education Office as well against the school owner.
In their complaint, they said they were threatened with dismissal and there were deductions from their salaries if they were only a few minutes late.
School owner Mohammad Saeed Al-Mirshed said some of the teachers wasted time and had been warned but to no avail. He admitted dismissal notices have been given because he said there were only 17 pupils in the intermediary stage this year and they were taught by eight teachers.
Al-Mirshed also cited financial losses, increasing expenditures and low revenues while serving notices to the teachers.
“The school has been suffering for the last three years with losses and that there were deep gaps between expenditures and revenues,” according to Al-Mirshed.
Besides giving notices to 15 teachers at the end of the school year, the administration has also decided to close the intermediate classes and restricting the facilities up to primary and kindergarten level.
Fuming with anger, the teachers call the decision an arbitrary one.
They told a local publication that the school had dismissed 15 of its 22 teachers and administrators, which makes it difficult for the school to handle 200 students.
The teachers say they are university graduates and have passed all applicable tests.
School fees were SR8,000 per year and each teacher receives SR3,700.
He said that he informed the Al-Baha Educational Directorate about the decision to close the intermediate stage and that the school continued to provide incentives such as holidays and short working hours, which were less than the required eight-hour work day.
The teachers submitted the official lodged complaint with the Workers Reconciliation Office and to the Education Office as well against the school owner.
In their complaint, they said they were threatened with dismissal and there were deductions from their salaries if they were only a few minutes late.
School owner Mohammad Saeed Al-Mirshed said some of the teachers wasted time and had been warned but to no avail. He admitted dismissal notices have been given because he said there were only 17 pupils in the intermediary stage this year and they were taught by eight teachers.
Al-Mirshed also cited financial losses, increasing expenditures and low revenues while serving notices to the teachers.
“The school has been suffering for the last three years with losses and that there were deep gaps between expenditures and revenues,” according to Al-Mirshed.
Besides giving notices to 15 teachers at the end of the school year, the administration has also decided to close the intermediate classes and restricting the facilities up to primary and kindergarten level.
Fuming with anger, the teachers call the decision an arbitrary one.
They told a local publication that the school had dismissed 15 of its 22 teachers and administrators, which makes it difficult for the school to handle 200 students.
The teachers say they are university graduates and have passed all applicable tests.
School fees were SR8,000 per year and each teacher receives SR3,700.
He said that he informed the Al-Baha Educational Directorate about the decision to close the intermediate stage and that the school continued to provide incentives such as holidays and short working hours, which were less than the required eight-hour work day.
