The Jordanian Labor Watch called on the Ministry of Education to reverse its decision to transfer visually impaired teachers at the Abdullah ibn Umm Maktoum School for the Blind in the Marka Brigade Directorate to sighted schools far from their homes.
In a statement issued on Tuesday, the Jordanian Labor Watch said that the ministry's decision, which included the transfer of about 25 blind teachers, was unfair to them and came without taking into account their disability and circumstances.
The Jordanian Labor Watch pointed out that the teachers who were affected by the transfer decision deliberately lived near the school to make it easier for them to go to school, and that transferring them to schools far from their homes will increase their suffering and may force them to leave their jobs.
The Jordanian Labor Watch noted that this decision also did not take into account the specificity of the school, which is concerned with educating and training students with visual impairments only, as it teaches government curricula from the first grade of basic to the second grade and trains its students to read and write using the Braille method.
All the teachers at the school are blind and experienced in teaching students with visual disabilities, some of whom have served the school for more than 10 years, according to the Jordanian Labor Watch, which believes that transferring them to sighted schools will cause them to lose their skills and experience in teaching blind students.
Jordanian Labor Watch said that the decision came without any convincing justifications and that the ministry's only justification was that there are no quotas for them in the school, but the teachers emphasized that each of them has weekly tasks and quotas based on flexibility and taking into account their privacy and the privacy of students with visual impairments in the school.
The Jordanian Labor Watch urged the ministry to cancel the decision, as it has negative repercussions that will affect the work of these teachers and will introduce them to a work environment that is not conducive to their special circumstances.
It also called on the Higher Council for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities to intervene and assume its responsibilities regarding the rights of these teachers.