EDUCATION AND SOME HURDLES -8

EDUCATION AND SOME HURDLES -8                  

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TEACHING INVOLVES AUGMENTATION.-III

It stands opportune to tell our esteemed readers that, it is not my mission to portray the present scenario in bad light, especially the facet-Education. It is true that a greater degree of relaxation has crept into the corridors of learning. What was once an item of rigid seriousness, now receives just a casual glance signifying insignificance. Painfully, it keeps amplifying –as if all is well with what is on. What else it is but casual attitude? Every half-hearted explanation [excuse] is accepted as genuine more to tide over friction than to set anything in order. Personnel have tuned themselves to the ‘process’ of getting on with inadequate task force , as mending them would be more frustrating than frustration itself.   

Teachers not well-updated choose to settle for compromises like turning a blind eye to inappropriate conduct, inattentive disposition during classroom sessions and display of defiance by wards –to name a few. Some of them [teachers] are nervous to address these issues being themselves ill-equipped on matters of educative efforts; it is easier for them to buy peace than fighting inappropriate temperament among some learners.

By itself, this is an area fit for self-study by teachers. They need to introspect as to why they face hostile reactions while some other colleagues receive utmost attention and unflinching reverence. In plain terms such venerated teachers show higher ability for effective teaching unlike the inept performer. It is here that claims of comparable attainments pale into insignificance –as performance matters the most. In view of such critical equipping, augmentation merits deeper consideration and effort.  Two components pertain to augmentation. 1 a well-laid out assembly of subject content for clear presentation and 2 the mental grit to ‘take on’ unruly behaviour among some learners.

A well-equipped mind would refuse to budge for any bullying, for, [s]he is confident of the extent to which the augmentation is complete or wholesome. If after a tenure of teaching for a decade or more , the teacher is unable to take full command of the classroom, the person needs to judge if  [s]he should be an object of ridicule among the learners. A truly learned-mind would not accept such ignominy, more so after proper augmentation of wherewithal necessary for the job on hand. To  continue…..