Why
teachers need HR training?
Teachers are the friends, philosophers and guides to
their students. The impact of a teacher upon his students is very deep.
“The
impact of a professionally well-equipped and committed teacher on thousands of
learners extends over four decades of his or her professional life. So does the
impact of a teacher who is ill-trained, insufficiently skilled and not
committed to the profession”, says J.S. Rajput, a former director of the NCERT.
An ideal teacher is the one who is resourceful in his
respective subject, who takes students beyond the class room and explore the
world of knowledge, who shows concern over his students and who is interested
in the overall welfare and development of his students.
However, in the present situation which is prevailing
in the educational institutions, teachers have very less time to spend for
their students who face psychological problems.
Secondly they too do not possess the necessary skills to
counsel and guide the students. Inexperienced teachers mishandle situations.
They try to control the students and they want implicit obedience from their
students including the adolescents. They do not try to understand the feelings
of their students.
Teachers do a simple but really a grave mistake of
comparing these poor students with other bright students and humiliate them.
They are not taught how to face failures. Students become emotional and
disturbed a lot psychologically. During such situations some run away from
families, some even go to the extreme step of committing suicide.
When the students face a lot of problems like - stress,
anxiety, depression, fear, confusion about career, impulsive behavior, poor
concentration in studies, emotional turbulence, mood swings, low self esteem,
lack of goal in life - it is the teachers responsibility to guide the students
efficiently. Hence it is high time that we
should think of providing the necessary HR training for all the teachers.
It is definitely the
need of the hour!
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