The role of a teacher in society is important and valuable. He has a far-reaching influence on the society in which he lives and no other personality can have a more profound influence than that of a teacher. Students are deeply affected by the teacher’s love and affection, his character, his competence, and his moral commitment. A popular teacher becomes a role model for his students. Students try to follow their teacher in manners, dress, etiquette, conversational style, and way of getting up. He is her ideal.
He can take them anywhere. During their early education, students tend to determine their goals in life and their future plans, in consultation with their teachers. Therefore, a good and visionary teacher can play a prominent role in making the future of his students, while a corrupt teacher can only harm his students much more seriously than a class of judiciary, army, police, bureaucracy, politicians. or corrupt and perverted technocrats. . A corrupt and incompetent teacher not only a bad individual, but also the embodiment of a corrupt and incompetent generation. A nation with corrupt teachers is a nation at risk; each day that comes heralds the advent of its next destruction.
The importance of a teacher as the architect of our future generations demands that only the best, the most intelligent and competent members of our intelligentsia can qualify for this noble profession. It is unfortunate to find that generally the worst and most incapable people in society find their way into this profession. Anyone who does not find an opportunity in any other sphere of life, gets into this profession and recklessly gambles with the fate of the nation. A major reason for this is understood to be the low salaries of our primary and secondary teachers, which are no better than those of clerks. A large number of our teachers are therefore frustrated and disinterested.
They have to look for part-time jobs to meet their basic needs. Once again, the teaching profession does not enjoy due respect in society either. Primary and secondary teachers are particularly disadvantaged. Their status is lower than that of doctors, engineers, lawyers, civil servants; even lower than that of semi-literate and illiterate merchants. Therefore, it would take a great deal of commitment on the part of an intelligent individual, however fond of education and training he may be, to abandon the career of a doctor or engineer in favor of teaching. Therefore, while selecting good teachers, one should keep in mind that better opportunities, perspectives, and benefits are offered to teachers.
When we talk about good teachers it means that a teacher must be a model of faith and piety and must have quite good knowledge. A teacher should consider it his duty to educate and train his students and should feel responsible for it. He must feel that his students have been entrusted to him and must avoid any breach of the trust that society has placed in him. He must be a sociable person with roots in society. People should take him as a sincere supporter and friend who cares about his children. He must ensure at all costs that a candidate for this profession has a natural acumen and aptitude for teaching.
You must actively participate in social activities in a positive manner. She must know the art of teaching with deep insight into child psychology. You must always treat students fairly. You should not lose self-control over the mistakes your students may make, and instead, you should respect their feelings and ego, and you should try to understand and resolve their difficulties gracefully while remaining calm. He should be able to smile at bitter criticism of his views, and should not feel ashamed or humiliated by accepting his mistakes wholeheartedly.
You should be proud of your culture, your national dress and your national language, you should be a missionary, a mentor, a reformer and a guide as well as a dedicated tutor. In other words, he must be a perfect teacher and a perfect educator.
Although the role of a teacher in society is highlighted, it is imperative to also involve the role of parents in the process of forming the character of students. In the past, both parents and teachers used to do their best to provide their children with an environment conducive to the development of higher virtues and morality. But the great social change of the last fifty years, large-scale urbanization, cutthroat competition for financial gain, and high preoccupation with everyday life drain all the time and energy of parents, leaving them little time or energy to monitor their children.
The time at their disposal is consumed by newspapers, television, and other entertainment. As a result, the younger generation has little opportunity to share ideas with their elders or engage in meaningful discussion. On the other hand, this idea that education is not intended to train better human beings, but only to get better jobs, is gaining ground among us. As a result, students’ minds are obsessed with better jobs and dreams of higher social status, so it is also the duty of parents to take an active interest in their children’s daily progress, both in and out of school. institution and taught them the true meaning of education.