There was a time, not in too distant a past, when teachers had exalted position in the mind of students. Today, that respect seems to have been lost. Reasons galore. From not PASSIONATE teachers to surge in monetary power of students and their parents and many more.
Today a student can SLAP a teacher in front of the class and gets away with a REPRIMAND. A teacher is left humiliated, thinking why is s/he teaching at all and whom?
A friend and fellow teacher was left shocked when a class 6th students told her (about her br***t), "INKO SAMHALKEY RAKHO; FATKEY BAHAR AA RAHEY HAIN" (Keep them in order, they are bursting out). She could never go inside the class and teach those students again. Less than a year later, she left. And that guy went scot free with a REPRIMAND and COUNSELING and completed his schooling from that very school. Had it been in the school where I studied (ST. Pauls Academy) and in my time, he would have been rusticated immediately.
There are other schools in the vicinity where I live and teachers are treated worse than peons.
Money and Power, Media, Court, Child Rights and Populist Governance are responsible for this state of our education system.
Once I had failed more than 70% students on my class in a Unit Test and I was pulled up by our Principal (where I was teaching) and told that, " Our CUSTOMERS cannot be treated like this....". Read CUSTOMERS not STUDENTS. The students look at teachers with an "I PAY YOU TEACH" attitude. AS if teachers are their bonded slaves.
As a teacher who is passionate towards his subject, I keep an eye on things and analyze everything. it pains me to see that discipline is fast vanishing from our schools. We are heavily borrowing education policies from the western countries where too much liberalization has resulted in GUN TOTTERING KIDS in schools and incidents every now and then of a student going on a killing spree. Are we headed the same way??? The recent killing of a Chennai teacher inside the school premises and that too inside the class kinda confirms the fear.
I think only future will tell what is going to happen to our already decaying and highly brittle education system. Let us pray that common sense prevails.
Today a student can SLAP a teacher in front of the class and gets away with a REPRIMAND. A teacher is left humiliated, thinking why is s/he teaching at all and whom?
A friend and fellow teacher was left shocked when a class 6th students told her (about her br***t), "INKO SAMHALKEY RAKHO; FATKEY BAHAR AA RAHEY HAIN" (Keep them in order, they are bursting out). She could never go inside the class and teach those students again. Less than a year later, she left. And that guy went scot free with a REPRIMAND and COUNSELING and completed his schooling from that very school. Had it been in the school where I studied (ST. Pauls Academy) and in my time, he would have been rusticated immediately.
There are other schools in the vicinity where I live and teachers are treated worse than peons.
Money and Power, Media, Court, Child Rights and Populist Governance are responsible for this state of our education system.
Once I had failed more than 70% students on my class in a Unit Test and I was pulled up by our Principal (where I was teaching) and told that, " Our CUSTOMERS cannot be treated like this....". Read CUSTOMERS not STUDENTS. The students look at teachers with an "I PAY YOU TEACH" attitude. AS if teachers are their bonded slaves.
As a teacher who is passionate towards his subject, I keep an eye on things and analyze everything. it pains me to see that discipline is fast vanishing from our schools. We are heavily borrowing education policies from the western countries where too much liberalization has resulted in GUN TOTTERING KIDS in schools and incidents every now and then of a student going on a killing spree. Are we headed the same way??? The recent killing of a Chennai teacher inside the school premises and that too inside the class kinda confirms the fear.
I think only future will tell what is going to happen to our already decaying and highly brittle education system. Let us pray that common sense prevails.
1 comment:
I am happy to see that few teachers are paying attention towards this, this will really let not die the spirit of a teacher as a true teacher always leaves a spot of light for all. I myself also feel same even in technical and mgmt. institutions.
Take step and be united, the day will get change as many like u are still working as a good teacher who can make a change.
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