Dubai Golden Visa comes as 'recognition' for long-term teachers
Golden Visas for exceptional educators will be accepted from the 15th of October, 2024
Dubai veteran teachers stressed the importance of the Golden visa for educators as a means not only in providing security in the sector but also raising the image of the profession itself to be at par with other professions in the country.
DUBAI, UAE: Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Dubai Crown Prince and Defence Minister, announced onSaturday that people who contributed significantly to Dubai’s private education sector will be the Educators who will now due to the changes issued Golden Visas.
Consistently with the announcement, it is further focused on by the Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA) that the Golden Visas will be offered to such educators who are employed in private institutions such as schools, nurseries and colleges based in Dubai.
Golden Visas for exceptional educators will be accepted from the 15th of October, 2024.
A level-playing field
“In Dubai for the past two decades now, we have heard Louis La Grange say, ‘My first reaction was WOW! THIS IS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING’. It will come with a very great sense of appreciation on the part of the teacher indeed.
Also, teachers do pour a lot of resources – time, focus and even emotion on teaching a global student body.
I would probably seek to apply if given a chance.’ Eua ‘” The last is that, age-sa teacher at 55 years, of the Uptown International School in Dubai additional Soccer venues ‘This initiative will enhance the condition of the workplace and bring it to the other level against other professions.
Teacher had an overland the country is on a scale deprived like, say pilot – teacher earners did years evenly distributed. In that you see, the Golden Visa provided does operate as one of the equal employment opportunities”.
Efforts are acknowledged
Similarly, he would be able to stay in the country until her daughter, who is currently eight, finishes her school.
“Having the opportunity to stay in Dubai for another ten years is something I am able to appreciate because it means that she will have completed her primary and secondary education in a correct environment before going to college. The goal offers stability, guidance, ambition and a cause. It makes you feel like your work counts,” La Grange added.
How will this move benefit school owners?
Long-serving teachers in other emirates are pleading for a like-for-like as that of Dubai.
Palestinian teacher May Hamdi said, “Stability gives people a sense of security enabling families to think beyond the immediate future. I’ve seen of these where the husband of my female colleagues gets retirement or they get out of work due to company shutdowns or because the breadwinner of the house, who is unfortunately the husband, dies.
In these cases, the female teachers are forced and manage to leave the teaching practice continuing with their employment in other sectors. This way, schools lose the teachers who would have remained with them.”
The 65-year-old teacher added that, in her 40 years of working, so many families with children in school or university worked short say supported in any level and without body/people to visa arrive stay in the country, which affects the whole family equally.
“Stability offers assurance and safety, and those who have lived in this country for more than ten years deserve an opportunity to at least seek permanent residency. I wish that such a policy prevails in other emirates too,” concluded the teacher who has been teaching since 1984 at Abu Dhabi Indian School.
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