The Right to Education bill being drafted by the Human Resource Development ministry of Arjun Singh proposes a ban on school teachers from giving lessons outside the classroom. The move comes against the backdrop of growing complaints that teachers are neglecting classes, for which they are paid, and concentrating on private tuitions, through which they can earn several times more.
The draft of the bill sent to the states for their consideration says: “No teacher shall engage in any teaching activity for economic gains other than that (teaching activity) assigned by the supervisor or the employer.” The ban applies to teachers in both government and private schools.
Questions: Is the ban a well thought-out move or not? Will teachers really stop giving tuitions as a result, or will they come up with ways of circumventing it? Will they quit their posts and continue with a more fruitful career outside thus hampering the quality of teaching in schools? Will such a ban help or hamper poor students?
I know there is a “moral” issue here.. but come on !!! with the salaries teachers are being paid can they sustain without private tuitions?
I dont want to get into the “is it right or wrong”? They have to make a living as well.. expenses in cities like Bangalore are high…
So if our “honorable” minister wants to ban them from teaching outside the schools, let him make hike their salaries. As with all his other schemes this appears to be another half baked one.
Unless teaching as a profession is given its due credit and teachers are paid their just dues the malady of private tutions cannot be curbed. Further our education system which encourages the “Akshara Vaanthi” culture in the guise of examinations is also to blame.
I think they can quit jobs and start private tuition institutes .Like many used to do for ‘PU’ training and entrance tests . The MES college lecturers were famous like Gururaj and Shastri tuitions .
Many of whom quit jobs to start FULL time morning and evening classes and minted a lot of money . the only issue was students who went to tuitions never paid attention in class and created nuisance .
It should be banned but,I agree with Vijaythat it is the salaries of teachers that make them to take private tutions. I am telling about Primary and high school not the College lecturers and proffesors. A primary school teacher gets 5 Figure salary after completing 15 – 20 yrs of service. Moreover these teachers has to do all type of serveys census blah… blah..
How can we oppose them to take private tution if we have to ban this definetly their salries should be hiked
I have a post on “Declining teaching standards” in my blog. You can read it at this link:
http://ramblingwithbellur.blogspot.com/2006/07/system-in-decline.html
hey plz can u give me gururaj tutions number..plz…
The limitless stupidity of a man called Arjun Singh!