Threats To Our Society

THREATS TO OUR SOCIETY

“A teacher is a candle who burn himself to Light Other”

From the above saying saying we can know how the important are the teacher (Guru) in the society.

From the ancient human civilization there are guru (teacher) and chela (student). If we see Hindu Epics Mahabharata, we can see Dronaccharya as a Guru whereas Pandav (Arjun) as a best student of Dronacharya. We can see the importance of teacher from ancient.

If we look today’s scenario, I have found quite change in the perception of generation regarding to choose teaching career.

I would like to share one experience of my student life. Our class had complain of one faculty because his communication was weak. Next day our coordinator had came to our class. He asked us my dear students what is your Aim. We all say we want to work in MNC, government jobs, abroad and so on. He further asked who want to go on teaching after your completition of study. All reply sir we will choose this profession at last. With an laughing face our coordinator reply, my dear student if you want to choose teaching profession at last than why do you expect a very good teacher from us. The same thought you like people will come in teaching.

Why the generation is not interested in teaching and what will be the impact of this in future. This is question marks and still I don’t have seen people are aware of this.

If we look to present scenario, due to Inflation and change in human life today people want to earn very fast either in ethical or unethical way. But if we look towards teaching job there is no good compensation (direct as well as indirect) . After going on teaching the next thing is life goes like Machine, no any kinds of difference. Same routine goes on.

Beside it, still  the perception of society towards teacher is he should be discipline .  Teacher should be like Dronacharya. Still, society don’t accept open drunk, characterless   or other undiscipline nature person in teaching profession. Even if a teacher do part time business or do tution business , society gives him title of an agent.

But today generation believes on the western life style. We don’t’ want secret what the previous generation did. Today's generation (youth) generally almost have gf/bf, wine is common practices so it is hard to get the teacher what the society expects.

The next thing is the people who are involved in this job, they are not allowing there children to be a teacher. I would like to share one small experience of my mother who have been involved in 22 year of teaching in primary level. She says teacher always have to listen of guardian. If students get fails, teachers has to get blame but if get first position, no one will give reward to him.

Beside it,  if we look towards the people of society, society give high respect to the people who are working in NRB, government job or abroad. 

In my view, todays generation have beliefs that if a person gets fail in his life , he becomes an teacher.

But I feel more surprise to the people of society when they complain in school for good teacher, morality of teacher, quality education and so on.

After seeing all this we can analyse one threat is observed in Nepalese education which is going to be more and more degraded. Since if there will not be good person in teaching, how will the student learn or what will the quality of education.  Only the educated percentage will increase.

In my view this situation has already started and result of this situation has to be analyzed / seen.

Krishna Raj Bhatta

2016-2-28 at 12:50 am

Dhangadhi, Baiya-  Behadi