When QTV was about to start operations, GRTS employees got a 100% raise. They didn’t say it was about the competition, but it was about the competition. And we all applauded the move.
Meanwhile, the average pay differential between a private and public school teacher (in favour of the private school teacher) is not just a gap; it's a chasm, and by the authorities' indifference, the deal may be a 'take it or leave it,' and that's already sad.
Save me the poor academic performance argument, that’s a different thing; don’t blame it on the teachers. It starts from the parents not fuelling their children’s desire to learn, to disincentives like the above.
Here's my theory: if the teaching conditions aren't attractive to teachers that will say: "this is mine," it'd settle for teachers that'd say: "this is my yours," or "this is A egg" in place of "an egg."
Another thing: ours was an idiocracy, where tinkerers could be appointed to think for thinkers, and so they go about fixing things that weren't broken in the name of change and doing things differently. So they invented a successor to the unbroken GCE... thank God I did high school when high school was high school.
And to Muslim parents: don't forget about the 'oustasses' at the community 'daras.' Pay them like you pay your kids' school fees: on time. They too have bills to pay, and it's not like they're asking for much. Theirs is usually not more that D50. Let's respect our teachers.
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