How
would you feel as a teacher when your students define ‘CCE’ as a system where
you can’t fail them and ‘RTE’ an act where you can’t punish them? How would you
feel when you intend to give the most of what you have yet what you receive in
return are nasty accusations and worthless mockery? It amazes me when I often
find a lady colleague walking out of her class with tears rolling down her
eyes, or when I see a male teacher returning to the staff-room in sheer
despondency, and when I try to find out the reason I, land up with the same
answer- INDISCIPLINE AMONG STUDENTS. It is a known fact that school staff-room
has been a place where issues are discussed more fervently than what they are
actually discussed in a parliament. One such common topic discussed in every
school staff- room would include “indiscipline among the students”. The remedy to this burning problem is indeed much more
intricate than as suggested in my Bed. text books or other relevant guidelines.
Therefore, it has turned out to be a matter which requires a deep
contemplation.
It is evident
that our educationist has left no stone unturned in formulating the right
educational policy that would favor the students. Moreover, the present
education policies are usually student oriented, taking care of every nook and
corner of the students’ physical and mental potentialities that are ought to be
nurtured and enhanced by the teachers. A country spends a large portion of its
budget on education, sanguine of their future prospects. The recently
implemented child centered policy “CCE”, Continuous and Comprehensive
Evaluation and “RTE” Right to Free and Compulsory Education, is itself evident
that, laws are either formed or amended for the welfare of the students.
However, giving a closer insight as to how our students have benefited, and
evaluating the fruit that they yield from all the efforts put in, one would
rather not be content.
Indiscipline among the
students has become a major challenge for teachers in the current scenario.
For, the news of teacher harassment, disobeying of school norms and
aggressiveness nature of the students, are not unheard, these has rather become
something the teachers confront every day. On this regard, I always evoke an educational
seminar, where one of the elite delegates, had opined that just as the strength
of a building depends upon the strength of four pillars supporting it, likewise,
the future of a student depends on four factors- the teachers, the
parents/guardians, the society and the Government. If any one of these factors
fails to share its responsibilities, it is certain that the future of the
students is doomed.
The teachers play
a major role in shaping the life of students. Apart from simplifying his
content in the classroom teaching, his responsibility is to help the student in
all sphere of his student life. It is very important for a teacher to
understand the psychology of the student before dealing with any of the
accused. With every passing year, the teacher becomes more adamant to the new
trends prevailing in the society; as such he deliberately loses his tolerance
to cope up with the new scenario. Therefore, it is important for the teachers
to upgrade himself frequently.
Parents, by
far are considered to be the most influential factor in the life of a student.
They not only bestow genetic character but also create environment which would
determine the child’s future. It should be understood that simply lavishing
their lads with money and sophisticated gadgets or sending them to good
boarding school cannot be considered as an ultimate remedy. Parents and
guardians should be conscious about student’s whereabouts, and always find time
to spend with them. Moreover, there are many illiterate parents who finds hard
to cope with their child expectation, but a good communication between the
parents and the children or open sharing of problems could positively be an aid
to develop affinity between them.
Society is another factor which helps cater diverse temperaments in
students. A child grown-up in a healthy environment of the society would
probably turn out to be a man possessing good temperament, whereas a child
deprived from the ethics of a good society would certainly turn out to be no
better than a thug.
Government also
plays a key role in orienting the education policy and enforcing them in the
form of a system. However, mere formulating of policies are not enough to meet
the needs of the students. Apart from sustainability of plans, a good
infrastructure is always a complimentary factor to portray a student to a noble
form. Numerous researches have concluded that improper classroom management,
with insufficient desk and benches, dull wall paints, crowded classroom and
location of the school, also contributes to create distraction among the
students and eventually distracting the teachers. Effective programmes could be
conducted in order to orient the students about the new educational policies,
so that they can value the significance of CCE and RTE, much more than just
treating it as a genie to rescue from punishments and exams.
I
believe, there are numerous factors undervalued by us that contribute to
indiscipline among students. The responsibility of creating a benevolent citizen
out of a plain student should not be summoned upon teachers alone, it must be
realized that responsibilities befalls on every individual to nourish them with
virtues of humanity, to hold them every time they falter as they march towards
their journey of life. No qualities can flourish unless it is carefully
projected. So let us join our hands together to strengthen the wings of these
budding souls and guarantee their flight to the zenith of success.
