“Class 9 student stabbed woman teacher inside the class room to death”. I was unable to react to the shocking news as the incident took place in a country where teachers were regarded next to God. I know analyzing the issues behind this incident is not an easy job as it is a multi dimensional problem. I am only sharing my views on the issue as a Teacher and a Parent and I hope my friends and readers would help to explore more by their critical comments.
The general outlook of the society has become so materialistic and humanity is slowly disappearing from the society. Our children are surrounded by an almost corrupt society and their position is in between heaven and hell. In theory we are teaching about good morals but what they experience in the real world is just opposite. They are over exposed to media which is full of violence. Most of the cinemas glorify violent heroes and the tender minds of children accept these screen heroes as their role model.
Every parent wants their children to become doctors, engineers etc and most of the Schools care only for the Academic side of the child. The concept of all round development of a child is neglected and molding of character is forgotten by both the Parents and the Schools. Students are given pressure in many ways with the one dimensional task of securing better marks in the examinations. In order to maintain the reputation of Schools, the managements pressurize the teachers and the teachers in turn put pressure on the students. Even though a teacher knows what he is doing is against the principles of education, he has no liberty to express his opinions to the concerned authorities.
It is true that a section of the teachers involve in unethical practices. But majority of the teachers are the victims of the greed of managements. Teachers are the least paid professionals in the private sector and no one is indispensable in private schools. In a country where the quality of education is determined by the pass percentage, most of the school managements treat the underpaid teachers like slaves and absolutely there is no job security. So the poor teachers simply obey their greedy masters. But sadly the anger of the innocent children is mostly directed towards the helpless teachers.
Many questions remain unanswered in the present murder case. The student might have not shown his arrogance all of a sudden. Was his character observed by teachers in earlier occasions? If yes, why corrective measures were not taken by the school authority? We may ask many questions. But what answer do we have to the young children of the deceased teacher?
