Teachers advised to be fearless

KRISHNA KUMAR, director of the National Council of Research and Training (NCERT), New Delhi, visited the State Institute Educational Management and Training (SIEMAT) here on Tuesday.

KRISHNA KUMAR, director of the National Council of Research and Training (NCERT), New Delhi, visited the State Institute Educational Management and Training (SIEMAT) here on Tuesday.

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Addressing a meeting, he regretted that teachers suffered from fear complex and were unable to express their grievances fearing that this would be treated as an act of indiscipline. In a such a situation, how can they make their students bold and confident, he asked.

Madhurji, a disciple of Mahatama Gandhi recalled the contrast between the educational inspectors in UK and that of India under the British rule. She recalled the observations of Gandhiji in which he laid stress on developing a transparent and cordial dialogue between teachers, officers, guardians, local community and various agencies. The idea of transparent school management should be advocated and disseminated at a wider scale so that the gap between the state and society may be bridged, she said.

Earlier, SIEMAT director KM Tripathi welcomed the guests while HoD Kirananshu Dutta proposed the vote of thanks.

Later, delivering a lecture on ‘Four educational riddles: Reflections on the national curriculum, framework’ at the GB Pant Social Science institute on Tuesday, the NCERT director said, “It was unfortunate that the policy of coherence and parity in educational standards has been received as uniformity of education throughout the country, generating passivity among institutions to develop diverse modes of education in view a availability of competent local resources. Nearly 53 per cent children in India are still outside the ambit of primary and middle level education although universalisation of education has been the objective of the state since long.”