Few would disagree that teaching is a vocation rather than just another job. The right attitude is the essential requirement when a young person decides to follow a teaching course at the University. Job satisfaction through being instrumental in educating students to make a success of their lives is what motivates most young people to become educators.
These critical motivators may well be exploited by education authorities that rely on the heroics of teachers to keep the educational system functioning at the least possible cost. What is even worse is the fact that those already serving in the classrooms complain they are often not respected by the school management and by the education authorities.
They rightly claim there is lack of leadership from policymakers to implement a disciplinary code that protects educators from abuse by students, parents and third parties.
These sad realities emerged from a study by Michelle Attard Tonna and James Calleja from the Department of Leadership for Learning and Innovation in the Faculty of Education. The most shocking finding was that less than a fifth of teachers would choose the classroom over a new career opportunity. No wonder our...
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