During my younger days, my grandparents and parents had drilled into me the importance of teachers in one's growth in life. If I'd returned from school, complaining that the teacher had punished me they were always sure that I would have done some mischief to merit it! Consequently, I've had wonderful experiences with all my teachers, through school to the NDA. The bonding between us is as strong as ever as seen on occasions when I get the opportunity to spend time with them.
Compare that with today's state of affairs and I shall highlight them to show the extent of decay that the system has undergone:-
(a) The teachers are not allowed to punish the students. It's the most ridiculous order of recent
times. Kids are bound to make mistakes and they should be corrected, to be shown the right
path and the teachers have to have the freedom to chose their options.
(b) The militancy of the PTA Organisations. The Parents Teachers Organisations are meant to
guide the school authorities to have a vibrant and all round growth in the institution with their
collective knowledge. Instead one is witness to the PTA office bearers' children getting
preferential treatment because of autocratical tendencies shown by many!
(c) Parents' interference in the school affairs. A ridiculous matter had come to light, recently, in
one of the schools. The parents took the Principal to task for asking the children to cut grass
as part of a 'shramdaan'.
(d) Which brings me to the all important point of the quality of our teaching fraternity. This is a
profession that requires dedication and a sincere interest to mould the children, under their
watch, to good citizens of tomorrow. And as any profession, it needs to be looked after and be
provided with an attractive pay packet.
Teaching is not a 9-to-5 job. Period!
And now, I come to the news byte that has disturbed me. "A class XII boy of the Swami Vivekananda School at Yamunangar, Haryana walked into his Principal's office this morning and fired three rounds on her with his father's licensed revolver. The lady succumbed to her injuries later!"
And the reason for this dastardly act? She'd pulled him up for picking up fights with his school mates and teachers and for his poor academic record.
Tailpiece.
The boy's father needs to be taken to task for being slack in securing the weapon in his house.
Compare that with today's state of affairs and I shall highlight them to show the extent of decay that the system has undergone:-
(a) The teachers are not allowed to punish the students. It's the most ridiculous order of recent
times. Kids are bound to make mistakes and they should be corrected, to be shown the right
path and the teachers have to have the freedom to chose their options.
(b) The militancy of the PTA Organisations. The Parents Teachers Organisations are meant to
guide the school authorities to have a vibrant and all round growth in the institution with their
collective knowledge. Instead one is witness to the PTA office bearers' children getting
preferential treatment because of autocratical tendencies shown by many!
(c) Parents' interference in the school affairs. A ridiculous matter had come to light, recently, in
one of the schools. The parents took the Principal to task for asking the children to cut grass
as part of a 'shramdaan'.
(d) Which brings me to the all important point of the quality of our teaching fraternity. This is a
profession that requires dedication and a sincere interest to mould the children, under their
watch, to good citizens of tomorrow. And as any profession, it needs to be looked after and be
provided with an attractive pay packet.
Teaching is not a 9-to-5 job. Period!
And now, I come to the news byte that has disturbed me. "A class XII boy of the Swami Vivekananda School at Yamunangar, Haryana walked into his Principal's office this morning and fired three rounds on her with his father's licensed revolver. The lady succumbed to her injuries later!"
And the reason for this dastardly act? She'd pulled him up for picking up fights with his school mates and teachers and for his poor academic record.
Tailpiece.
The boy's father needs to be taken to task for being slack in securing the weapon in his house.
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