Growing as effective teachers

The government should initiate national programmes to enhance the competencies of teachers.

Education is a dynamic and evolving process. The wind of change blows from decade to decade. To meet the demands of an ever-changing society and the challenges that the young minds of today face in the future, it is important to maintain a coherence between teaching and learning. In addition, the teachers who are entrusted to lay the foundation of building the country’s future should learn to foresee the challenges their students will face in future. The teachers should help the students hone their skills. They should also refine their pedagogies to foster in their students competencies such as complex problem solving, effective communication, collaboration and self-direction. For this, the teachers should go through rigorous professional development initiatives and programmes. However, teachers often fail to understand that they should themselves learn first.