Civilizations will always remain indebted to its teachers. From time immemorial, besides formal education, the society has always looked upon the teachers for insights which help the taught to traverse the life’s trajectory later .Schools and colleges are also remembered by its Alumni due to the fond memories of their interaction with their teachers who leave an indelible imprint on their psyche. The Sanskrit term ‘Guru’ too symbolizes a teacher who is a guide, expert, or master of specific domain of knowledge or field which may be spiritual or for the mundane world. Teachers’ day celebrations in India on Sept.5,which marks the birth anniversary of Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan, an Indian philosopher and the second President of India is befitting tribute to the institution of the teacher. This day must be reckoned as an opportunity for heart searching by all of us including our teachers themselves about their role effectiveness locally in ever changing societal and economic scenario globally.
Teachers are always supposed to be agile
A school or a college teacher normally is always expected to remain alive to the educational needs of the students as they are to finish their lessons in the given set time during the year. By sharp contrast, this goal oriented working of a teacher to which he/she adheres in the daily schedule is not seen in other governmental departments. This helps the teachers agile and updated to justify their roles. Education departments no doubt too have system and regulations to check the teachers’ formal performance. Teachers have proved their acumenship in the difficult times like Covid-19 pandemic situation by keeping the students hooked online for continual studies. Government teachers despite limited resources with them have performed no less than the private counterpart in education which depicts the strength of our teachers.
Society demands more
As most of the time of daily routine of the students is spent with the teachers for formal lessons, this also leaves impact of a teacher’s overall personality on the taught. Times are always changing which pose newer challenge before the teachers as well as the youth as both can be easily influenced by the social media. The glut of information almost on every aspect of life on the online platform is making our lives so messy that original thinking in the normal youth remains virtually negligible. They are carried away by the online feed of the information without weighing pros and cons for the well being of society which is as fragmented as before, rather more socially and politically. Parents and families sometimes find difficult to understand the behavior of their children. Here, an enlightened teacher can be of better help than the families. Parents should often converse with the teachers to know about their wards.
Teachers can become real messiahs of peace
Politics and business economy impacts our social relationships too. The teachers too are influenced by the going on in society and often make their own mental affiliations as well as barriers which mar the blossoming of their personalities. We all want peace and prosperity in our lives, but the continual strife and contradictions in society make our lives messy. However,the values of detachment, communal harmony and respect for fellow beings can be better taught by our teachers. But, this requires the thorough secular mindedness of the teachers who can shape their students as versatile secular original thinking personalities. So, if a teacher has an edge in clear thinking he/she can prepare it’s students for every situation of life. Sometimes, even a few words of our teachers become anchor for us in rest of our lives. All wars, disparities and discriminations in the world eventually can be finished if the teachers start preparing the students from the primary level by inculcating bonds of brotherhood.
Pay them adequately
September 05, 2020
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Brij Bhushan Goyal, Social Activist
brijbgoyal@gmail.com
Phone No. : +-91-9417600666
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