‘The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires,’ William Arthur Ward and we cannot dispute the stated facts. His quote sums up the whole essence of teacher-taught equations and the milieu surrounding the education sector in Arunachal Pradesh today.  Increasingly, it is seen that teachers are failing to inspire the students to achieve greater heights, most of faculty members  are failing to demonstrate ethics and morality; large majority of the teachers are failing to explain the  concepts and the logics and equal number of teachers are failing even to tell what is written in the text book.

It is an irony that teaching which is one of the most difficult professions are left at the mercy of untrained teachers. In Arunachal Pradesh, there is a mad rush to get B.Ed degrees and this has resulted in many institutes sprouting awarding degrees callously.

The RTE Act contains several crucial provisions governing teachers’ qualifications and duties. To be eligible for appointment as a teacher, a person would be required to possess the minimum qualifications laid down by an academic authority authorized by the central government. The concerned academic authority is the National Council for Teacher Education (NCTE), an entity constituted in 1993 for coordinated development of teacher education in India. The NCTE, in compliance with the RTE Act, had laid down the minimum qualifications for a person to be eligible for appointment as a teacher. For teaching primary classes (1 to 5), a candidate is required to have a two-year Diploma in Elementary Education (DElEd) or the four-year Bachelor of Elementary Education (BElEd), and for this purpose, only a diploma/degree course recognised by the NCTE would be considered. Another mandatory requirement for eligibility is passing the TET conducted in accordance with NCTE guidelines.

Flouting the norms, several state governments has been recruiting teachers; thus, compromising with the future of the country. 

However, in a much commendable move, the Ministry of Human Resources Development, has directed in-service teachers to acquire professional qualification and those who fail to do so will be dismissed from duty beyond 1^st April, 2019.

The direction has come in the backdrop of recent Parliament passing amendments to the section 23(2) of RTI Act. The development is significant as untrained teachers include all government teachers and private and government aided schools teachers of the state and UTs.

Extrapolated trend across the nation shows that unqualified and untrained teachers are producing similar kind of students. Teachers’ day should not just be a day to commemorate India’s former President, Sarvapalli Radha Krishnan but the administrators, the academicians and the parents must utilize the day to reflect upon their contributions in shaping our children and the future of society, wherever they are.

 

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Kenter Joya Riba

(Managing Editor)
      She is a graduate in Science with post graduation in Sociology from University of Pune. She has been in the media industry for nearly a decade. Before turning to print business, she has been associated with radio and television.
Email: kenterjoyaz@easternsentinel.in / editoreasternsentinel@gmail.com
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