Permanent teaching jobs
Some thoughts on reading a newspaper article a couple of weeks ago - Newspaper: The Indian Express Date: 4th October Title: The Teacher is Walking Away Author: Krishna Kumar At the onset I clarify that I have, over the years, read Krishna Kumar’s articles, learnt from them, and also shared them with friends. This particular article talks about problems in the school system today - a system that relies excessively on data and where ‘teaching and children don’t matter’. There is no denying these problems - many of which are driven by societal changes. The focus on ‘permanent teaching job’ - the first line onwards - though, left me perplexed! Now, the questions - Let us begin with numbers - How many people have quit ‘permanent teaching jobs’ to return to ‘state of unemployment and uncertainty’? Is the number high enough that we need to be concerned in the manner that the article suggests? Where does this number of quitting teachers stan...