• Dr. M. John Britto

Education is universally accepted as a fundamental human right. It not only contributes to employment, which enhances one’s economic and social status but also paves the way for reducing poverty, unemployment and ill health, solving social and environmental issues, and promoting equality, empowerment and peace. Teachers have an indispensable role in education, as their primary duty is to impart knowledge to students and form them for the future world. Nevertheless, as the world progresses with technology, the role of teachers, today, is undermined and overlooked. This research paper seeks to explore the deplorable conditions in which many teachers in India are placed, explaining the multiple problems encountered by them. It analyses the transitional change brought in the key profession of teachers and its detrimental impact. Underlining the shortcomings of ranking-oriented education, it insists on the need for stress-free and peaceful ambience whereby teachers can work in a better way with dedication. It also expounds the hazardous outcome of the cyclic process of frequent examinations and tests. It highlights the importance of the involvement of adequate number of teacher-representatives in policy-making.

teachers, education, examination, overtesting, ranking-oriented education, quantity over quality, work pressure, stress, ‘immediately-illness,’ technostress

"The Appalling Conditions of Teachers Today", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 5, page no.q151-q172, May-2024, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2405H25.pdf

"The Appalling Conditions of Teachers Today", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.11, Issue 5, page no. ppq151-q172, May-2024, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2405H25.pdf