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= Challenges Faced by an Indian Teacher =

Introduction
Teaching is a noble job as a profession and not any kind of service anymore. Initial days, the job of a teacher was stated as a “Sage on the Stage” where the students respect the teachers as “Guru” and now it is a world of facilitators. The job could be very challenging and daunting like any other profession. And with an increasing amount of developments seen in society, there is a need for the teachers to introduce new methodologies into the process of teaching and learning so that there is an effective learning experience. The inclusion of digital and smart learning has made the learning process for the students easy, but the teachers need to evolve every single day to cater to the requirements of the students’ learning experience. Thus, today, in the 21st Century there is a huge responsibility for the teachers to keep himself/herself abreast with the latest inventions in the various fields of education such as Medicine, Science, Arts, Commerce, Education, etc. making a need for the teachers to upgrade not only in their knowledge but also their skills for the need of the hour. The opportunity to educate the students will bring about a lot of challenges along with it. Thus, the following are the challenges faced by the teachers, mostly in the Indian context:

To know the students well
It is a necessity that a teacher needs to form a healthy bond with each and every student in the class as there is a need to understand the psychology of each student to cater to their individual needs. A teacher is more like a friend and needs to facilitate the process of learning for the students.

To understand various learning abilities and capacities of the students
When the teacher bonds well with the students, the teacher will be able to understand the psychology and learning abilities of the students and will be able to apply the necessary changes to her teaching practice.

Counselling the underperforming students and deal with students having parental and peer pressure
Students’ performance lies in both, their hands and the teachers’ efforts. But few students face a real struggle to study hard, because of various reasons such as bullying, parental and peer pressure, the scores go down and the students face distress. Teachers need to handle such situations and make sure the students perform well.

To build the bridge between the management, parents and the students
The most difficult task for the teacher is to maintain the calm bridge between the 3 parties because the teacher needs to adhere to the rules of management while teaching the students catering to their needs and also answer to the parents’ requests, which is a tedious job.

Absence of appreciation
How much ever the teachers produce a good standard of education of the students for the school year after year, there is a serious lack of appreciation, verbally or financially. Sometimes the parents also point out all the bad issues but never appreciate their cadet’s performance. In other countries, the teaching profession is treated higher standards than any other profession whereas, in India, teaching is a low graded profession and not appreciated or paid much.

Bureaucratic work
List of works the teachers do is never-ending. Lesson plans, facilitating the class with a variety of activities, timely assessments, and feedbacks, corrections, counseling the students, management duties, invigilation, etc.

Class Size
In India, the next big challenge is the student-teacher ratio. The class strength lies between 35-80 per class for just 1 teacher for secondary grades and above. Firstly, classroom management becomes difficult and there is very little time for the teacher to attend to all the students’ queries.

References:
Angrish, M. (2016, Aug 21). What kind of problems are faced by school teachers in India?. Retrieved from https://www.quora.com/What-kind-of-problems-are-faced-by-school-teachers-in-India

Tadas, P. (2019, July 27). Teachers Challenges. Retrieved from https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/readersblog/parimala/teachers-challenges-4812/