3 أسباب تمنع منح معلمي ومعلمات الصفوف الأولية الحوافز

The Ministry of Education has identified 3 main reasons that prevent its departments from granting incentives designated for primary school teachers of the early grades after the decision to reinstate them during the current academic year. These reasons include having unexcused absences, being involved in a legal case, or having received a legal penalty. It is noted that a teacher must teach one of the following subjects: Islamic Studies, Arabic Language, Mathematics, Science, English Language, with a workload of no less than 12 classes in the assigned subjects, or if they meet the available workload for their specialization in the early grades. It clarified that primary grade teachers are selected by the administrative committee at the school, which includes the provider of school excellence support services or the lead teacher for the early grades. The education administration may form a committee to support schools in the selection process if needed, and this committee works on identifying the teachers eligible for incentives, with a circular issued to schools in a timely manner.

The ministry indicated that incentives are granted each academic year after meeting the criteria for their provision, as long as the teacher continues to teach in the early grades, and they are not granted retroactively. The education administration will send a statement to the General Administration for Early Grades before the end of each academic year, detailing the number of teachers eligible for incentives and the percentage compared to the total number of early grade teachers. It emphasized that to achieve the desired goals from applying the selection criteria for early grade teachers and motivating them, a specialized professional portfolio model and an evaluation model for early grade teachers can be used according to the selection criteria (focusing on student performance), classroom simulations, behavioral interviews, the teacher's professional license, and an approved measurement tool for beneficiary satisfaction (students and parents).