Remedies to remove the
misery of teachers
Date- 13th
January 1945
Indian
educational council conference was held in Kanpur and District Principal
council conference was held in Mumbai, under the presidency of Mr. K.M.
Pannikar and Dr. G.S. Khaire respectively. In their speech and decision of the
council the status of the primary teachers is miserable to live and Government
and private institutions should take immediate action to improve this condition
were the orders given.
Shri.
Pannikar said, “The Economic Conditions of the teachers in Hindustan is very
bad. The more the responsibility and the least are their wages this condition
is in no other profession unless the teachers are given their proper status and
living wages our educational sector will never get its proper benefits. By
keeping the teachers unsatisfied and hungry we are spoiling the education
system.
Plan of Mr. Tonten
In
his opening speech in the state Principal Council, Education Minister of Mumbai
government, Shri. Tonten gave following orders. The economic aids given to the
schools must be used to increase the salary of the teachers. There should be
revision in Government aids given to schools so that Teachers salary and Government
aids should be in right proportion.
The
systems of voluntary workers have benefited before but now that system shows
many defaults and has been the reason to reduce to wages of the teachers. This
system has to be slowly stopped and all teachers have to be given sufficient
attractive wages and they should also be guaranteed for the salary increment.
Take the responsibility
of salary
we
have a question that what the government wishes to do about this? So and so
part of the grant may be used for the wages of the teachers just would not
solve the problem. Dr. G.S. Khaire has supported the sergeant wages plan. We
would like to suggest in that relation that the government should take the
whole responsibility of school teachers for few years.
The
government should give the grant equal to the wages of the teachers and little
more for some other purposes. How the school has to work slowly according to
the parents wish as the wages of the teachers are Dependant on the fees of the
students has been precisely described by Dr. Khaire. But according our suggestion
the relation of fees and wages will be no more.
The
grant should be equal to the salary of the teachers which would not increase the
expenditure of the government so much and even if it is, this is very necessary
expenditure. Then the school administration can freely ask for other help from
parents, the system of voluntary workers has collapsed the salary system which
would be better by improving and making attractive salary system for teachers. which
has to be done by the government only. The government has started spending
little for the teachers by starting teachers provident system. Similarly, if
they take the sole responsibility of the salary of the workers only then the
speech of Mr. Tonten would have some importance.
Call meeting the working
committee
During
the District teachers conference under the presidency of Dr. Sahastrabuddhe it
was suggested that chairman of private education institution should have a
representation in their committee members which would help the teacher in
improving their economic state and respect were some of the notices given. As
there was conference of principals held, there also should be a conference of
owners of education institutions that is the voluntary workers and Committee
members to discuss on the queries of the teachers. Instead of getting addicted
to the government we must be aware and lenders must move ahead find some way out.
There is an increasing percentage of the poverty of teachers in the Maharashtra
education society which is an bad patch in the part of contemplate institution
To wash this bad patch is the responsibility of the society and in that way of
those who are owners of the schools. They should invite the teachers for the
meetings and listen to their complaints and find some solutions to it.
The
living wages of the teachers is the problem of the teachers but also of those
students whom they teach and their parents and the society they live in
If
the society does not find any solution to this problem then they themselves
will be responsible for pouring poison in the teaching which will be
knowledgeless.
Translated by Mrs.
Vitasta Kashikar
