Abed Khazandar Al-Riyadh There are substitute women teachers who have been contracted by the Ministry of Education under temporary contracts with low salaries. There are about 10,000 female teachers who have worked for some time in adult education. Two royal decrees were issued to fix all temporary male and female teachers in permanent jobs. For an unknown reason the substitute women teachers were excluded from this decision. Another royal decree was issued about two years ago specifically asking for confirmation of the substitute teachers, but this never happened. The Ministry of Education said the royal decree meant only the women teachers who were on the job at the time, though the decision was conclusive and general and did not exclude anyone. The royal decree did not differentiate between those who were on the job and those who were not. I do not know why some ministries hesitate in executing the royal decrees, giving all sorts of lame excuses. This has happened to the female graduates of health centers with health diplomas. Some of them were appointed while others were not. Those who were not employed filed a complaint against the Ministry of Health at the Court of Grievances. I do not know what happened to them but I am sure that some of them remained jobless for many years. The substitute women teachers followed suit and filed a complaint against the Ministry of Education. I am afraid that time will pass and these substitute women teachers will spend many years without being confirmed. The Court of Grievances takes its time to consider complaints. For this reason I appeal to the ministry to resolve their case out of humanitarian reasons and not leave them to the court's decision. These women have spent long years working on low salaries without being confirmed in permanent jobs.
