A teacher is a person who gives knowledge and values to others. Teaching is referred as a divine profession and teacher often regarded the same status as mother and father. Everyone remembers their school days and teacher is one of the unforgettable people during that period. Parents give a person life but teacher who makes their life meaningful.

From the first day a child steps into an institution with an aim to acquire formal education and be a responsible citizen in the society, he will encounter the teacher. To the student, a teacher wears several hats, a parent, a mentor, a friend, and so forth and from this diverse and unique relationship with the teacher the student can develop his career.

Ancient Teaching methods

In India teaching is considered as a divine profession from ancient times. The guru shishya way of learning is a divine in Hinduism and appears in other religions in India, such as Jainism, Buddhism, and Sikhism. Gurukula was a type of residential schooling system in ancient India with students living near or with the teacher or guru, in the same house. All students stay with guru until completion of education. All students were equal for Guru irrespective of their social status. At end of the tenure of his education Student or shishya suppose to give gurudakshina.

In recent future, teaching has been changed drastically. Indian education system is extended in every reach of the country under making India 100 percent literate mission. The literacy percentage has been increased with various government programmes in effect. Government is committed to providing solutions to all problems which affect adversely, for example, providing afternoon meal to students. But these all efforts are dependent on Teachers and Beurocracy. In India, teachers face many challenges but this would not be the sole reason for the reduced quality of teaching.

A few decades ago teacher who was like noble and respected person but privatization in teaching and considering it as a source of earning made this profession no so noble and respected . earlier the best students and Rankholders dream used to become teacher but now its changed and nowadays people chose to teach profession as a secondary option if they don’t get proper opportunity elsewhere . There may be some exceptions but the today’s trend

Teaching is not considered as one of the most notable careers in India. The primary challenge is to raise the status of teaching as a career choice. In South Korea and Finland, teachers are selected from the top 10 percent. Only one in 10 applicants are accepted to study to become a primary teacher in Finland. This shows the respect that teachers possess in these countries as only the best and the brightest of the lot is in this profession, naturally conferring it to be one of the most highly regarded professions.

” If a country is to be corruption free and become a nation of beautiful minds, I strongly feel there are three key societal members who can make a difference. They are the father, the mother and the teacher. “

A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

It is vital for country to change view on teachers and its responsibility of teachers to earn same respect and status used to get a few decades back