[nasional_list] [ppiindia] Move to Tap Phones Upsets Women Teachers

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Date: Sat, 1 Jul 2006 23:02:58 +0200
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Saturday, 1, July, 2006 (05, Jumada al-Thani, 1427)


      Move to Tap Phones Upsets Women Teachers
      Razan Baker, Arab News 
       
     
      JEDDAH, 1 July 2006 - Women teachers and employees at the women's section 
of the Ministry of Education in the Eastern Province have called upon 
authorities to reconsider a decision to monitor all incoming and outgoing 
telephone calls at the ministry offices and state-run schools.

      The teachers and employees have expressed alarm at the decision and say 
such "big-brother" tactics violate women's freedom, dignity and privacy.

      The Ministry of Education decided to introduce radical measures to stop 
women employees and teachers from using telephones at work for their social and 
personal needs. The ministry aims to curb gigantic phone bills and hope 
employees will be able to fully apply themselves to work. 

      Sawsan Naeem, head teacher at Dar Al-Fikr Secondary School, said she 
never imagined that the Education Ministry would make such an "insulting and 
offensive" decision. Sawsan believes that the move cannot be justified in any 
way and that it gives the impression that the ministry is suspicious of the 
people it employs.

      "If an isolated incident happened involving a few teachers then why do 
the rest of us have to suffer?" she said.

      Sawsan believes money should rather be spent on other more important 
things to improve the quality of education in schools.

      Teachers from other regions also expressed their opposition to the move 
saying their peace of mind would be shattered knowing that someone may be 
listening to their private conversations.

      Teacher Suad Muhammad stressed that there was a need for the 
administration to have confidence in the teachers and people it employs. "How 
can we be trusted in teaching the next generation if we are not being trusted 
with telephone conversations?" she said.

      However, some teachers supported the move and called for monitoring to 
begin as soon as possible. They argue that the new move would give more time to 
teachers to concentrate on teaching. 

      Maha Fageih, a teacher from Dar Al-Huda School, supports the decision and 
says there is no reason for teachers to oppose the move. "Several teachers and 
administrative workers have been wasting valuable time talking on telephone 
instead of doing work. I believe that the proposed arrangement will make 
teachers spend less time talking and more time teaching," she said.

      Maha accused fellow teachers of wasting government money by using the 
phones to have lengthy conversations during school hours. "This would be a 
perfect chance for Saudi society to understand their limits," said an education 
adviser at the Girls Talented Center.

      The education adviser said the system of recording conversations would be 
helpful in cases where members of the public complain that their calls are not 
answered. "In future if people complain that their calls are not answered then 
they can be proven wrong," said the adviser.

      The adviser also added that with conversations being recorded 
complainants would remain restrained. 

      The Education Ministry has of yet not decided when it will implement the 
decision. The ministry has signed a contract with a local company to purchase a 
number of electronic recording devices, which would also warn callers at the 
beginning that their talks were being recorded.

      The Health Ministry in the Eastern Province and the King Fahd Military 
Hospital in Jeddah have both previously introduced similar systems that 
automatically disconnect callers after 10 minutes. 
     


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