What do you think should be the criterion for hiring educators – nationality or merit – to ensure a promising future for students?
“An educated one will educate all.” If the foundation is not strong, then the building will collapse. Similarly, if the education is not strong enough, the child’s future is likely to collapse. In my opinion, teachers should be hired on the basis of their merit, as he/she is likely to have a much better understanding of what’s going around and can help the child shape his/her thinking in an appropriate way, whereas hiring teachers on the basis of their nationality is like choosing a dessert from the whole buffet, it’ll just inculcate a sense of belongingness and loyalty to one’s country, but it may also disrupt the child’s ability to face the reality and choose what is right or wrong.
@_.shhhhh._itsme._
Merit obviously. You always expect to be taught by the best possible teachers in every situation. Understandably, nationality can play a factor but it should never be the decisive factor over someone who is more capable.
@woebbgone
Every school has its own norm, standard and theme. The children do not just learn different subjects at school, they also learn about culture, social life, their country and important people in their homeland and around the world. School is a foundation for a child. Parents admit their child in a school by keeping his or her future in mind. Public schools compulsorily hire experienced national teachers at the primary level as children’s vocabulary is very important. The difference in dialects create lots of confusion. Middle school, senior school or high school teachers can be nationals or expatriate, but experience is a must. Nowadays, education system has developed a lot and it is important for teachers to be updated with the trend. Digital knowledge and experience is a must for every teacher whether they are national or expatriate.
@rabiarahmath
The approach that Bahrain seems to be taking is much like the West. We are striving for equality of outcome which ensures that a group of people who are disadvantaged receive special consideration for a certain task or job. In this instance, due to the expatriate majority, the Bahraini nationals are the disadvantaged. However, assuming that things continue in this trajectory and equality of outcome is achieved with a focus on hiring Bahrainis, this ideology will not be sustainable, and in fact will quickly fall apart i.e. once all the teachers are Bahraini, then how do you choose. This results in a potentially infinite number of subcategories to put people into, in order to help the hirer to choose. This is neither effective nor efficient.
However, if equality of opportunity is implemented, every single candidate that applies for a task or job gets unbiased equal consideration, regardless of race, religion, sex, etc. This method ensures that the correct person for the task is always hired. In the case of this example, the task is to mould the future leaders of Bahrain. This will never be done by hiring selectively based on the wrong parameters. Equality of opportunity is what Bahrain should strive for, and no other consideration should be made, especially in the education and health sectors.
@kaveeeen
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