Monday 15 December 2014

Qualities of an ideal teacher

Qualities of an ideal teacher

By
Shri Anil Kumar Gupta
(Best Scout Master Award 2009)
(Regional Incentive Awardee 2014)
Librarian
Kendriya vidyalaya
BSF Rampura
Fazilka
“Teachers are here, teachers are there,
But good teachers are rare.”
Introduction: - As we know that the teachers have been respected and honoured and treated as the pillars of the nation in the past. The teachings of the teachers always have been creating the future of a country. They have been treated as “Gurus”. Teaching is a noble profession as the profession of a doctor, as we know.Teachers are fully aware of their role and responsibilities in the society. They know that they have to produce a nation full of educated, disciplined, sincere and hard working people.
                                      Teachers of the past have been treated as preachers also. They have been trying to inculcate moral values among students and were trying to create faith on culture and tradition by virtue of respecting the elders. They have also been trying to encourage the children to get blessings by virtue of their act. Old trees never give fruits but they give shelter to a sweaty man. The blessings of elders bring happiness in life and motivate to do good further.
                                      Teaching profession is a noble and pious profession which generates respect for the teachers and others in the eyes of the students. This is the only key Profession which is the basis for any other profession. This is a respective profession where students can’t forget their teacher’s whole life.Teachers have the ability to transfer, to communicate the right information. They are the best part of the society, if not professional. They can guide, counsel, motivate, or inspire the students. They can play the role of an ideal and role model for the students. They can remove the darkness of innocence and can enlighten their minds on various contents. They not simply understand the difficulties but they try to remove their pain by virtue of counseling, motivating and sometimes by guiding them.
                                      A teacher has the ability to make teaching – learning process more interesting and enjoying. He has the ability to make class room full of friendly atmosphere where teaching – learning process overcome the stress from the minds of the students. He knows how to use various teaching tools to make learning process impressive one.He can play the role of inspiration for the students by virtue of his sincere efforts. He is one who insists on punctuality, alertness and discipline. He is always fair and impartial. He is a personality of excellence, moral character and practices what he preaches.
                                                An ideal teacher believes in simple living and high thinking with positive approach. He is the only supportive character in the society who is strong support to all the students and as such he is immensely loved and respected. He, who inspires children to cope up with stress, He is the person who does not criticize the follies committed by the children; he very simply mends their weakness. He is one who teaches the students to shed ignorance and baseless superstitions. He shows the right path of truth and wisdom to reach to the destination.
                                                 An ideal teacher should have the followings to prove himself/herself as an ideal teacher in the eyes of the students:-
·      An ideal teacher should act as an icon for the institution by virtue of his personality and efforts.
·      He/she should be fair and impartial in all respect.
·      He/she should have patriotic feelings and so inculcate the same in the children.
·      He/she is a good reader of good books and so the same habit he/she may create among students.
·      He/she should be a good orator by making himself a good listener.
·      He/she should have spiritual touch.
·      He/she should be calm and cool always, so that teaching-learning process may not effect.
·      He/she should have subject knowledge.
·      He/she should be confident while teaching.
·      He/she should act as parent for the students.
·      He/she should be punctual, sincere and disciplined in all respect.
·      He/she should not indulged in acts where he/she finds a part of social evils.
·      He/she should follow the path created by the world famous personalities and quote the same during teaching – learning process.
·      He/she should not believe in baseless superstitions.
·      He/she should praise out the efforts of the students rather then criticizing.
·      He/she should be dutiful.
·      He/she should act as an ideal for the Institution.
·      He/she should be co-operative in all manners.
·      He/she should act as a best guider, counselor and motivator.
·      He/she should be clothes cautious, means should know what to wear and when.
·       He/she should know the child psychology to deal day- to –day matters of the students.
·      He/she should be audible to students in the class during teaching.
·      He/she should not indulge in anti social activities.
·      He/she should be health cautious.
·      He/she should hold very good vocabulary.
·      Act as real nation builder.
·      He/she should maintain hospitality.
·      Act as a great speaker, a reader, debater besides being an ideal teacher.
·      He/she should be capable to teach bilingually.
·      He/she should have inspiring thoughts to quote during teaching.
·      He/she should be capable of inculcating moral values.
·      He/she should be so simple in life so they may communicate this message to the children.
·      He/she should be so innovative, so that teaching – learning process may be more interactive and entertaining.
·      He/she should be systematic and practical to keep up a good educational standards as well as the physical and cultural development of the students.
·      He/she should be laborious in all respect.
·      He/she should have keen observation.
Conclusion: - The above features and qualities are good enough to describe the term “teacher”. A teacher is a sincere part of the society, without him culture and traditions cannot be carried forward by the generations. A nation requires a large number of manpower every year, which can be produced only by the teachers. All types of manpower is possible whether skilled and semi skilled only by the efforts of the teachers in the form of teachers, lecturers, professors or specialists etc.
                                      I salute the teachers for their stressful profession.


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Thursday 4 December 2014

Features of an ideal Student

Features of an ideal Student 

By

Shri Anil Kumar Gupta

(M. Com., M.A. (English Literature and Economics),
M. Lib. &  I. Sc., DCA, HWB (Scout)

Librarian

KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA Fazilka

INTRODUCTION: An ideal student is a wealth for a nation. A true student is always treated as a good citizen for a nation. The future of a country is fully depends upon the shoulders of young citizens of a country. There is a great need of a healthy mind in the young generation. This can be achieved by making the young generation disciplined and sincere in all respect. They should be making aware of their duties and responsibilities towards their country, society and the whole world.
                                The healthy thoughts live in a healthy mind. This is the duty of the elder one to inculcate something which may create the feelings of a human being among this young generation. Being a student one should maintain the dignity of being a student. Students are the pillar of a nation. They are the best to bring culture and traditions from one generation to the other. Students may move ahead by virtue holding the right path and discipline in their life. Students can play a vital role in making a country self reliant and globally known. Students can utilize their skill and efficiency for the betterment of a country.
                                        Being a student, it is not easy to maintain the dignity of a student always because there are so many reasons behind it like peer pressure, impact of modernization, financial problems, lack of resources, lack of quality education, lack of moral education, shifting, lack of joint family atmosphere, lack of observation by the elders of the family, lack of counseling and guidance, impact of media and many other areas may be responsible.
                        To maintain the dignity of an ideal student, one may have the followings in his mind always:-
1.  Be sincere
2.  Be disciplined
3.  Be confident
4.  Be sure
5.  Be helpful
6.  Be cautious
7.  Ethically strong
8.  Inculcate moral values
9.  Be ambitious
10.      Have patriotic feelings
11.      Be a good listener
12.      Be a good orator
13.      Sympathetically strong 
14.      Humanistic approach
15.      Maintain Dignified personality
16.      Good Reading habit
17.      Respecting all religions equally
18.      Be loyal
19.      Be courteous
20.      Be alert about your duties and responsibilities
21.      No short cuts in life
22.      Proper use of knowledge
23.      Take sincere part in co-curricular activities
24.      Inculcate all round development
25.      Be a dutiful citizen
26.      Future cautious
27.      Have valued personality
28.      Follower of Ideals
29.      Spiritual touch
30.      Faith on truth
31.      Believe in efforts
32.      Avoiding violence
33.      Be Peaceful
34.      Be Social
35.      Be a Nature lover
36.      Animal friendly

                                                 There is great need of students who can support to their country by creating manpower and they may act as wealth for their nation. They can help their country by taking culture and traditions from one generation to the other. They may act as responsible citizen of the country.                       

                                                The major problems a country face is their misled generation, who is indulged in various social evils like smoking, drugs, underworld and cyber crime, sex indulgence, corruption, and short cut ways to earn livelihood. Students may take this opportunity to carry the best prevailed in the society. They should be aim oriented, satisfying all needs of the nation by virtue of contributing indifferent sphere. They believe in what religion teaches and what the words of the eminent personalities of the globe remark. Every nation is to encourage their young generation for their contribution by counting the effort.
                         Young generation is to always respect their elders and senior citizens and hope the same.

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