Difficulties Faced by Saudi Female Teachers in Private Sector Schools, Intermediate Schools in Riyadh

Abstract

The study aimed to reveal the difficulties faced by Saudi female teachers in private schools for the intermediate school in Riyadh, and in order to achieve this goal, the study sought to answer the following questions:

１- What are the difficulties faced by Saudi female teachers in private schools for the intermediate stage in Riyadh?

２- What are the proposals that the study participants see to overcome these difficulties?

The researcher used the descriptive approach to answer the study's questions and achieve its objectives, as the questionnaire was used as a tool to collect data from the study sample, which numbered (50) Saudi female teachers from (11) private intermediate schools in Riyadh. To analyze the results of the study, frequencies, percentages, arithmetic mean, standard deviation, Alpha Cronbach coefficient and Pearson correlation coefficient were used.

Among the most important findings of the study were the following:

- Most of the difficulties faced by Saudi female teachers in private schools for the intermediate stage in Riyadh are represented in the following matters:

- The low salary of a Saudi female teacher in private schools compared to the salaries of her colleagues in public schools.

- Frequent morning lateness among private school students.

- The lack of interest of the official authorities in the conditions of the Saudi female teacher in private schools.

- Some female students view private schools as an easy way to achieve success.

The study reached several recommendations, the most prominent of which were:

- Eliminate the phenomenon of low salaries for Saudi female teachers in private schools, by obligating all private schools to apply the rules and regulations regarding the salaries of Saudi female teachers in private schools.

- Working on continuously developing regulations and regulations for the salaries of Saudi female teachers to suit the social and economic conditions in the country.

- Work to preserve the rights of the teacher, and not cut her salary during the vacation or assign her to additional long working hours outside the official working hours, or cancel her contract during the school year without justification.