Every
trained teacher leaving their profession is a pressing concern not only for
Ministry of Education. It's a national concern and the shame!
If this trend continues, it will leave behind a series of education depth. Honestly, it shall impede the systemic flow of humanity and hampers in the economic growth of the
country.
Of all, our parents and students are at loser end when government
turn their deaf ear to solve this national issues.
It is high time our
government take ardent means to stop our veteran teachers leaving
their profession. They should do some serious homework why and what is making them leave
their job at this surprising rate. When someone with good field experience leaves the system, it would
cost government in millions. These days our teachers are more like Chinese product
as they reach their expiry date so soon, easy to enter and easy to exit.
Does it mean that
those teachers resigning are boarding abroad for better lives and earning like
hell in private schools? I must say this is perfectly a sheer outlandish conclusion. To
me, it gives me how attractive and secure is teaching jobs in the country.
I have learnt, what is really troubling our teachers – the lack of passion and love for the job.
Why could this be? It must be the salary, working environment and system support. But, on the surface we feel everything is under control, OKAY!
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We talk so much on
the possibility of life on other planets and Smart Technology System, so
often forgotten the type of education we inject in our Youth. We have been into education system for more than a century. However, we have failed to produce our own scientist and no one working in a big international firm? Where are we failing? What is wrong with our education system? Perhaps, we have already
failed terribly.
We have learnt that, working
environment, ridiculous curriculum, lack of teaching materials, worn out buildings, unending reforms, financial cuts, student's behavioral problems and management crisis are in fact troubling our teachers -beyond their dreams.
Recently, we have
seen some reforms taking place in ministry of education - workshop on 21ST Century's Transformative pedagogy (i.e. a necessary tools requires by our teachers to be in their toe and to sharpen their skills), warden and matron for boarding schools and limiting
eighteen teaching periods per week and one-teacher-one-subject concept. Is this fair to say that government has done enough for education system?
To an economist,
pay enough to attract really good people to become teachers in the first place
is more like investing in Telecommunication Business.
In Germany,
teachers have the highest salary in the country and when judges, doctors and
engineers asked the chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel for the salary, she
told them, “How can I compare you to those who taught you?”
In Singapore, we looked at what qualities we thought our kids needed to have to compete in
the international world market and then we made the changes to get that.
In America only two
types of people are considered very important person, first scientists and
second Teachers.
In the honorable
court of France only Teacher is allowed to sit on the chair.
In Japan police has
to take special permission from the government to arrest the Teacher.
In Korea any
Teacher can enjoy all those facilities which a Minister in India can enjoy by
showing his identity card.
While in Bhutan, a teacher has to fear poor behavior of his/her own students and has to fight for his/her rights for basic needs.
While in Bhutan, a teacher has to fear poor behavior of his/her own students and has to fight for his/her rights for basic needs.
Teacher:
"Good teachers
are costly but bad teachers cost more."
Teachers are often
said the nation builder but how far they invest in our teachers. They are in
fact the "Jack of all trades, master of none." For almost every time
they have to perform herculean unpaid task risking their own life far in the moors.
They have to constantly fear of student's poor attitude and presentation.
If we want to
reshape teaching and learning sector not by mere cut-paste curriculum, we need
to first invest more in building our teachers and need to build Smart Classroom. We need to develop better teacher evaluation
systems, plan for fair accountability system and develop more useful
professional development courses.
Unlike, teachers in
the west our teachers are paid very less as compare to the nature of job they
perform in the society. By the nature of job they perform, they should get the maximum salary and benefit amongst other civil servants with highest dignity and respect.
Teacher working in
the field are at constant fear of not being able to complete their syllabus on
time, academic performance pressure, students falling sick in the middle of the
night and often times fear for student bashing them.
My appeal to
government would be to enact 'Rights of the Teachers similar to Rights of the
Students', which shall give them boisterous strength to perform their duties.
The other is select few quality teachers into the system each year on need based, make this post tough and charming by putting the strong base.
Curriculum:
"Curriculum
should help children make deeper and fuller understanding of their own
experience."
That means we need
to fix our curriculum all over again. There is a big mismatch in our present
curriculum, content being irrelevant and not in order, some topics beyond the level
of our learners and unending topics which ultimately ruins the interest of
learning and teaching. There are many topics in the present syllabus which are –beyond the brain level of our learners, making them difficult to relate with everyday proceedings. Therefore, pumping such bulky contents is really challenging, even not a healthy
practice. We really need to restructure and invest more in reliable, genuine and
quality curriculum.
However, it is time we must rethink and rebuild more user friendly syllabus, which parents can also understand.
That shall ultimately benefit and secure both teacher and student. This is how we build our nation stronger together. Lets make Education First!!!
Here are some of
the good references and insightful notes teachers earns around the globe:
such a niece piece of work bhai.
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