Recently, in many countries, there has been a steady decline in the number of people willing to become teachers, especially in secondary schools. This essay will look at reasons for this downfall and propose some solutions.
One of the main problems contributing to the lack of interest in pursuing a career in teaching is lower remuneration. In other words, salaries earned by teachers are lower compared to other professions. For example, a school teacher in Bangladesh earns a salary of 10, 000 taka compared to other professions where the salary is at least 25, 000 taka. Raising the minimum wage of teachers will significantly encourage people to take up teaching as a profession.
Another cause that magnifies the problem is the difficult behaviours exhibited by the secondary level students. That is to say, adolescents, these days behave indecently by showing brash attitudes towards the teacher. Such misbehaviour and misdemeanours do little to motivate a teacher to pursue the profession in a high school. According to Psychology Today, 60 percent of the teachers feel indignant and dejected while teaching high school students. Which causes current teachers to quit and un-appeals prospective teachers. Rectifying students behaviours will encourage more employees to pursue the teaching profession.
The final cause is the amount is workload; both on and off school hours. To elaborate, teachers often have to sacrifice their personal time to check student copies, exam papers at home. Doing so does not allow a teacher to rest and recover from stress, which is hazardous to both the psychological and physical well-being of the teacher. This eventually causes the burnout effect, where the mind and body cease to function properly. An ideal solution to kerb such effect is to improvise work-life balance by the respective school authorities. This will attract more teachers to the profession.
In summary, lower remuneration disinterests teachers towards the profession which can be solved by increasing wages. Difficult behaviours by high school students demotivate the teacher causing to quit or disinterest potential teachers, which can be solved by rectifying student behaviours. Overwork detriments the mental and physical well-being of the teacher causing the burnout effect, which can be solved by improvising work-life balance by school authorities.
All in all, solving the above-mentioned problems will appeal teachers to the teaching profession, especially in secondary schools.
Recently, in
many
countries, there has been a steady decline in the number of
people
willing to become
teachers
,
especially
in secondary
schools
. This essay will look at reasons for this downfall and propose
some
solutions.
One of the main problems contributing to the lack of interest in pursuing a career in
teaching
is lower remuneration.
In other words
, salaries earned by
teachers
are lower compared to other
professions
.
For example
, a
school
teacher
in Bangladesh earns a salary of 10, 000
taka
compared to other
professions
where the salary is at least 25, 000
taka
. Raising the minimum wage of
teachers
will
significantly
encourage
people
to take up
teaching
as a profession.
Another
cause
that magnifies the problem is the difficult
behaviours
exhibited by the secondary level
students
.
That is
to say, adolescents, these days behave
indecently
by showing brash attitudes towards the
teacher
. Such
misbehaviour
and
misdemeanours
do
little
to motivate a
teacher
to pursue the
profession
in a high
school
. According to Psychology
Today
, 60 percent of the
teachers
feel indignant and dejected while
teaching
high
school
students
. Which
causes
current
teachers
to quit and
un-appeals
prospective
teachers
. Rectifying
students
behaviours
will encourage more employees to pursue the
teaching
profession.
The final
cause
is the amount is workload; both on and off
school
hours. To elaborate,
teachers
often
have to
sacrifice their personal time to
check
student
copies, exam papers at home. Doing
so
does not
allow
a
teacher
to rest and recover from
stress
, which is hazardous to both the psychological and physical well-being of the
teacher
. This
eventually
causes
the burnout effect, where the mind and body cease to function
properly
. An ideal solution to
kerb
such effect is to improvise work-life balance by the respective
school
authorities. This will attract more
teachers
to the profession.
In summary, lower remuneration disinterests
teachers
towards the
profession
which can
be solved
by increasing wages. Difficult
behaviours
by high
school
students
demotivate the
teacher
causing
to quit
or disinterest potential
teachers
, which can
be solved
by rectifying
student
behaviours
. Overwork detriments the mental and physical well-being of the
teacher
causing the burnout effect, which can
be solved
by improvising work-life balance by
school
authorities.
All in all, solving the above-mentioned problems will appeal
teachers
to the
teaching
profession
,
especially
in secondary
schools
.