Iraq’s Ministry of Education to appoint 10,000 new teachers
The Ministry of Education has added 10,000 newly created posts to accommodate graduates of teacher training colleges and institutes in the country.
It is not clear how many graduates have applied to assume the new posts, but the fact that the ministry will resort to lottery to decide who to choose means that the number of applicants is more than the jobs available.
Early this year, the ministry had filled 10,000 more vacancies. The addition of 10,000 new posts is believed to be part of government policies to absorb unemployed Iraqis, namely young people.
There is a shortage of school buildings and teachers in Iraq. The number of school entities is much higher than the number of physical school buildings.
One school building might house three different schools.
Teachers were badly paid in Iraq before the fall of President Saddam Hussein in 2003. Teacher monthly salaries could hardly buy two trays of eggs as on average a teacher received 10,000 dinars (approx. $4) a month.
Teachers today receive what many believe to be a decent salary of about 300,000 (approx. $250).
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