teachers day 2021

 Today talk about teachers day 2021 has been trending all day social media is flooded with messages addressed to teachers school whatsapp groups have seen some unusual traffic today timelines of our teachers day 2021 are unusually active too.

teachers day 2021

teachers day 2021

  but you know what the fifth of september does not hold the value it once did well that's what we'll discuss today i'm jamil and this is gravitas plus let me take you back to the pages of mahabharata vedvyas writes about dronacharya the teacher of the arts of war dronacharya or gurudron.

 as he is known possesses knowledge of various types of martial arts he teaches them to the pandav and kaurav princess his favorite student is arjun the third among the pandavas gurudron loves arjun more than his own son ashwathama.

 he devotes time to arjuna imparts knowledge in him teaches him archery also gives him mantras to master the invincible divine weapon the brahmastra vedvyas also writes.

about eclavia a young prince of a hunting tribe he too wants to become a great warrior learns skills from dronacharya but the guru refuses to teach eklavya so eclavi makes an idol of dronacharya and learns archery..

 under the guidance of the symbolic guru many years later when ronachara learns about eklavi and his skills he visits him dronacharya asks eklavya who is your guru iklavy points to dronacharya's idol he says you are my guru afraid that arjun's skills will be no match before aklavia's ronacharya asks the hunter prince for his right thumb as guru.

dakshina or his offering to the teacher eklavya gives it without a question this is the guru shisha parampara the bond we indians take so much pride in dronacharya is the greatest teacher of all time and eklavya is the epitome of devotion today neither such commitment nor such devotion exists teaching has become a transaction.

 a business on sale is a commodity called education you heard the story of doron acharya the greatest teacher of all time now let me show you some numbers from baijus one of the popular online tutors of our time the company is founded by a teacher today it has some 80 million registered students 8-0 and 5.5 million annual paid subscribers what are they being taught children as young as six are being taught tricks to boost test scores it's subsidiary white hat junior is teaching coding to six-year-olds teachers are selling shortcuts to success and parents are paying in advance registering their kids for a course the child is being reduced to a login id she's learning behind a screen.

 her interaction with the teacher is limited to the course to smart learning tricks for cracking an exam the skill set the teacher imparts is also limited how to solve a mathematical problem for example or how to complete a paper on time which topics to focus on which ones to avoid how to revise last moment how to score the best marks there is no scope for an emotional bond let alone intellectual or spiritual bond there is also no scope for an impact.

 teachers today are leveraging india's obsession with grades contributing to the toxic competition they're failing to give enough attention to students in classroom and selling the unhealthy practice of private tuition the same teachers are also offering coaching at home i'll give you some numbers in 2017 india's private tuition market was worth 16 billion dollars.

it is estimated to have touched 25 billion dollars in 2021 india has more than 250 million school going children one in four indian students takes private tuitions this is according to the nsso or the national sample survey office india's education sector is worth at least 180 billion dollars the fifth of september does not hold much value because teaching has become.

 profit oriented and you cannot just blame the teachers for this there's a whole system at work and what are we doing to reverse this trend are we doing anything to preserve the guru shisha parampara of india the reason teachers are chasing money outside schools is because our country is not paying them enough let me show you some more numbers in india teachers in government schools.

 are paid a basic salary of anything between 29 000 to 1 lakh 4 000 rupees a month the average salary becomes around 66 000 rupees a month the yearly income around 8 lakh rupees.

a year that's almost 11 000 us dollars and these are the better paid teachers this was after the seventh pay commission ensured that all teachers got a hike of 16 now compare the yearly income .

of an average indian teacher with her counterparts around the world in south korea teacher starts with earning 22 000 a year after 10 years of experience she gets around 34 000 u.s dollars in germany she begins with 46 000 us dollars luxembourg 79 000 denmark 46 000 the starting salary of a teacher in the united states is 43 000 30 000 in france 65 000 in belgium this is according to the oecd the organization of economic cooperation and development in india.

 like i said the average salary is 11 000 a year to cut a long story short indian teachers are underpaid that's one of the major reasons why they are leaving government schools to join ed tech services they're promoting tuitions to make that extra buck they're investing in their own futures rather than investing in their students.

 and can you blame them teachers are becoming increasingly disconnected with students the disconnect is growing with the advent of online learning this is not to say that all teachers have lost the connect and the commitment there are those who go the extra mile there are those who try to reach out to their students on an emotional level.

 but there are exceptions rather than the norm it's the 5th of september 2021 and this is the bitter truth of today's teaching we are a country that takes pride in our education system we want to create innovators leaders renowned scholars we want to have a world-class education system for that we must first invest in our educators.

this teacher's day calls for reflection much needed reform and above all this teacher's day calls for better teaching so starting this fifth september let's invest in better teaching for a better tomorrow happy teacher's day gravitas class co-presented by skoda made of smart imagination