Teachers and Doctors have a lasting impact in the lives of people as they have the power to steer the lives of people in very positive directions. But unfortunately, teachers in our country fail to receive the respect they deserve as many of them are in the profession for comfort or convenience and rarely in response to an inner calling. A B.Ed., degree is more often the ticket to a teachers’ job and many of them struggle throughout their journey.

Having worked very closely with teachers and school management for more than a decade, we have always felt that there is a very strong requirement for something more than the academic qualification that makes a teachers’ role special. More than just a training embedded in the B.Ed., course curriculum, the aspiring teacher needs to work at least for a year in different departments of pedagogy just like a house surgeon do in medical colleges to understand and prepare them for the life changing journey that they will embark upon.

The classroom scenarios have changed drastically and so should the role and relevance of teachers in classrooms. The post-Covid scenario in schools is a matter of concern as far as methodologies and classroom techniques are concerned. The use of technology needs to be utilised judiciously for its optimum output.

Having equated their services with doctors, it is only fair that they also be paid on par with that of a high ranking official since they are in a career that requires constant up gradation, up skilling and a total change of attitudes and outlooks. They are dealing with high energy circuits and for them to keep up with the pace generation after generation maintaining the same passion is a very challenging task.