(SEPTEMBER-5.2010)
“The aim of Education is not the acquisition of information although important, or acquisition of technical skills, though essential in modern society, but the development of that bent of mind, that attitude of reason, that spirit of democracy which will make as responsible citizens”
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
Elementary education is now a Fundamental Right of every child. Our prime minister Manmohan Singh said that” My own years as a teacher have been the most satisfying and fulfilling in my life” Dr Sing noted that despite the age-old vales of the country’s education system, teachers needed to accept change in keeping with the times, maintain a fine balance between traditions and innovation. One of those changes includes the abolition of corporal punishment in schools. The bans corporal punishment and mental harassment. It also bans detention and expulsion. These provisions have led many teachers to question how discipline will be maintained in the class room’
Over the past year, a number of high-profile cases of corporal punishment,even leading to death or suicide, have put the issue in the spot light’ the school environment should be free from fear, trauma and anxiety. No child, irrespective of cast, gender or community to which he or she belongs should dread the thought of going to school.
Dr Singh noted that teacher although on the frontlines of educational reform, are often excluded from policy-making, governance and management of our educational system.
We must, therefore, emphasize the empowerment of techers, and that includes real opportunity for them to share policy perspectives and decision-making.
They gain a sense of ownership over their work and their class rooms, when they are involved in the development of the curriculum, designing of the syllabus, making and selecting of teaching materials and in training programmes leading to their own intellectual and professional development.
Prof.John Kurakar
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