Please welcome Smt. Indira in this episode of ‘Prathibimba’ – By Teachers, For Teachers!
She started her career as a Head Teacher and, after taking many other offices, now works as the Block Educational Officer.
Smt. Indira is convinced that if you take up teaching just as a profession, nothing much can be achieved. Being positive while contributing to the future of a child is an absolute necessity. Just teaching from 9 to 4 does not help at all. If a child is absent, just marking them absent is a routine job. Finding out the reason for her absence and solving that problem, if any, is responsibility.
This is where counselling the child comes into play. A child may be late to school for many reasons. Teachers have to identify them and address them. It affects them all alike. A teacher might have scared a student about home work. Or they may not have their Aadhar card. If the school wants it for scholarship, some parents don’t send the child to school itself! Many teachers have helped such parents in getting their Aadhar card or voting card. When that happens, teachers get a lot of respect from the village.
Some teachers judge the child because she is not good at maths or can’t write properly. But such students have a different skill set. It may be music or dance or sports or knowledge about plants. Teachers have to recognise that skill and encourage it.
Smt. Indira believes in teachers being an example or a model. Instead of repeating many instructions, teachers have to do it in practice because children observe them. When that happens, children reach the school before the teachers do. So walking the talk is very important for a teacher. Children tend to be around those teachers who give love and behave well. All this is not seen on an appointment order. But when a teacher takes all these responsibilities, parents tend to treat them as members of their family. Dropping out of school reduces drastically. Teachers need not run around for admissions. Nor will the parents complain about education.
Smt. Indira talks about the confidence that the parents should have in teachers. It may be for an event somewhere or a competition. They should send their ward along with the teacher, based on trust. She has observed some parents saying, “Teach my child how to read and write. We have no money for other skills” But this would kill the interest in the child. She knows some parents look only for an employment opportunity for their ward. Smt. Indira says it is impossible to keep such thinking. School is for knowledge and skill.
She also talks about the gap between teachers and parents. She feels such a gap might occur because both parties might have lost track of their responsibility. Even if there is 5% rot, the rest can get affected. If both parents and teachers understand this, the child becomes a winner. She has many such success stories.
Hope you enjoyed listening to this recording by Akshara Foundation. If you have an interesting story, please share your story with 98450 79590.
Please welcome Smt. Indira in this episode of ‘Prathibimba’ – By Teachers, For Teachers!
She started her career as a Head Teacher and, after taking many other offices, now works as the Block Educational Officer.
Smt. Indira is convinced that if you take up teaching just as a profession, nothing much can be achieved. Being positive while contributing to the future of a child is an absolute necessity. Just teaching from 9 to 4 does not help at all. If a child is absent, just marking them absent is a routine job. Finding out the reason for her absence and solving that problem, if any, is responsibility.
This is where counselling the child comes into play. A child may be late to school for many reasons. Teachers have to identify them and address them. It affects them all alike. A teacher might have scared a student about home work. Or they may not have their Aadhar card. If the school wants it for scholarship, some parents don’t send the child to school itself! Many teachers have helped such parents in getting their Aadhar card or voting card. When that happens, teachers get a lot of respect from the village.
Some teachers judge the child because she is not good at maths or can’t write properly. But such students have a different skill set. It may be music or dance or sports or knowledge about plants. Teachers have to recognise that skill and encourage it.
Smt. Indira believes in teachers being an example or a model. Instead of repeating many instructions, teachers have to do it in practice because children observe them. When that happens, children reach the school before the teachers do. So walking the talk is very important for a teacher. Children tend to be around those teachers who give love and behave well. All this is not seen on an appointment order. But when a teacher takes all these responsibilities, parents tend to treat them as members of their family. Dropping out of school reduces drastically. Teachers need not run around for admissions. Nor will the parents complain about education.
Smt. Indira talks about the confidence that the parents should have in teachers. It may be for an event somewhere or a competition. They should send their ward along with the teacher, based on trust. She has observed some parents saying, “Teach my child how to read and write. We have no money for other skills” But this would kill the interest in the child. She knows some parents look only for an employment opportunity for their ward. Smt. Indira says it is impossible to keep such thinking. School is for knowledge and skill.
She also talks about the gap between teachers and parents. She feels such a gap might occur because both parties might have lost track of their responsibility. Even if there is 5% rot, the rest can get affected. If both parents and teachers understand this, the child becomes a winner. She has many such success stories.
Hope you enjoyed listening to this recording by Akshara Foundation. If you have an interesting story, please share your story with 98450 79590.