GEMS Education in UAE hires 2,445 teachers from a pool of 590,000 applications

GEMS Education in UAE hires 2,445 teachers from a pool of 590,000 applications

Dubai: The GEMS Education has hired 2,445 teachers from a pool of 590,000 applications received, according to the group’s Chief Executive Officer.

The group sets a new milestone by hosting its largest-ever teacher induction day in Dubai with passionate educators from around the world being welcomed to its network of 44 schools across the UAE and Qatar.

Dino Varkey, in a media roundtable on the sidelines of the ‘awareness day’ held on Tuesday, said the uptake of teachers is keeping in line with a growth in student enrollments for the new academic year.

“Today is an incredibly important day for GEMS. We have witnessed the largest GEMS’ awareness day for teachers so far,” said Dino.

He added the GEMS education awareness day is always a good opportunity for the new teachers to get a foundational understanding and an introduction to the heritage of the educator.

“They get a real sense of the things that are important for us as educator and the promise we make to our families, our parents and our students. It gives us an incredible opportunity to give them a glimpse of our strategy and our path for the future,” he said.

Students’ enrollment on the rise

Varkey said the students’ enrollment for the