Saudi Gazette report AR'AR – The management of a private school in Arar in northern Saudi Arabia sacked six female teachers after they took their complaints against salary deductions to the media. School officials asked the teachers why they approached the media to voice their grievances, Al-Watan daily reported Saturday. The teachers filed a formal complaint with the education supervision office in the governorate before talking to the media. The teachers also approached the labor office in Arar with complaints against school officials who deducted their salaries citing absence from work. The teachers described the deductions as “unjustified and whimsical.” The husband of one of the teachers said the decision was arbitrary. He accused the school administration of toying with regulations and justifying its decision on various pretexts. An informed source told Al-Watan that the labor office had sent a summons to the school management asking it to send a representative to the labor office on Wednesday to respond to the complaints. The source said there were new observations against the school. Al-Watan published a report four days ago about the problems existing in the school. Spokesman for the Education Administration in the Northern Border province Sattam Al-Sultani confirmed that his office received a complaint from the teachers. He said private school teachers come under the jurisdiction of the labor office, as the Ministry of Labor is the official body that supervises matters relating to employment in all private schools in the country. Director of education in the province Abdulrahman Al-Quraishi confirmed that the school had been slapped with penalties following violations in the past, which included suspension of new admissions.
