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Telephone Pagers Pose Problem to UAE Schools
ABU DHABI (AFP) : After absenteeism. glue sniffing and juvenile delinquency, schools In the United Arab Emirates (UAE) are facing a new problem — buzzing telephone ^The education ministry says the number of students carrying bleepers in class has increased to such an alarming level that ft la considering action. It is a dangerous trend which Is creating havoc in the class, said Aisha Al-Jalama. head of the ministry's Social Services Department.
The use of pagers, portable devices that alert their owners to a telephone call, has spread dramatically In the UAE over the past two years.
High Income brought about by the country’s oil wealth has also enabled many UAE residents to Install telephones In their cars, and there are plans to introduce screen telephones.
Apart from the noise, pagers are also forcing students to leave class. Many students have
been asking for permission to use their car phones to respond to the bleep. Ms. Aisha said.
She said the problem would be discussed with parents
But an Education Ministry official said they could not stop the students from carrying bleepers because many of ’hem come with good reasons for keeping the device.
Second Rate Education in United States?
WASHINGTON (Reuter) : A second rate educational system is the most serious long term problem facing the US economy President George Bush's top economic adviser said recently.
The Council of Economic Advisers annual report said US elementary and secondary school plagued by bureaucracy and mediocrity were producing graduates who could not compete with their counterparts in the rest of the world.
Our kids are not doing a* well on educational tests we all
know.' Michael Bosklng. chairman of the council, told a news conference at which he presented the report.
If they do not continue to learn as much or more as their peers abroad, they won't be able to earn more than their peers abroad in the future. Bosktn said.
He said education was the most Important long run problem because a high quality workforce would be the single most Important fact determining the health of the American economy on average two to three decades from now.
In their report, the White House economic advisers took the unusual step of devoting a separate chapter to education.
They said high school stu dents were consistently performing far below their forelgr counterparts especially Ir their knowledge of ma the mat les and science.
Even the best US students do not compare favourably will foreign students, the report said.