‘Timely intervention’ for school teachers – News of Bahrain- DT News

‘Timely intervention’ for school teachers – News of Bahrain- DT News

TDT | Manama

A local private school which reportedly informed 10 of its Bahraini teachers that they will be laid off by the end of next month has withdrawn its decision after some "timely intervention“ by authorities, TDT has learnt. This was recently confirmed by MP Fatema Al Qatari a few days after she demanded the Labour and Social Development Ministry to interfere and halt the school's decision to sack the female teachers.

Al Qatari said in a statement issued last week that the teachers received notifications from the school, informing them about its decision to shut down the nursery in the facility and terminate their work contracts by the end of August of this year. "These teachers have more than 14 years of experience in the field,“ said Al Qatari, who also heads the Woman and Child Committee in the Council of Representatives.

She demanded that the Ministry launch an urgent probe into the matter and to verify the school's justification for resorting to terminating the contract with these teachers, which exposes them to "the risk of unemployment and accumulated financial obligations“.

Al Qatari later confirmed in a press statement that "the efforts to halt the school's decision to lay off the 10