TEACHERSHIP IN SCHOOL

Teaching is one of the noblest profession. Teachers shape the lives of their students who constitute the future generations. The values imparted at the school level remains with person for a long time. Hence teachers play a vital role in the educational as well as nation-building process. Teaching offers a good career option at Nursery, Primary and Secondary level.
PERSONALITY TRAITS :
1. Love for children,
2. A genuine interest and understanding of children,
3. Patience, enthusiasm to teach
4. Ability to communicate well,
5. A pleasing personality with a good voice
Career in teaching can be pursued either in Private Schools or Government Schools.
PRIVATE SCHOOLS :
(A) Nursery Level :
Nursery schools are meant for toddlers. Teachers have to inculcate manners, discipline, and social habits in the children as part of their daily schedule. They have to be fully involved with their students and gradually and informally introduce them to oral learning.
(B) Primary Level :
From Class-I to Class-V teachers have to stimulate the children’s natural enthusiasm for learning and thus widen their experience. In primary classes teachers usually teach a range of subjects to their own class. Some schools, however, have subject teachers separately for the second language and mathematics. Primary teachers have to spend time and effort in preparing lessons for teaching and also organize periodic assessment to check the students’ progress.
(C ) Secondary Level :
At this stage each subject is taught by a different teacher. Hence the teachers usually hold higher and specialised qualifications. The studies get serious and regular assignments are given to the students. Some schools appoint TGT (Trained Graduate Teachers) and some prefer PGT (Post-Graduate Teachers) at the secondary level.
GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS :
At the Government level teachers are recruited in the Primary, Upper Primary (U.P), Middle English (M.E), and High Schools. Recruitment for Primary, U.P., and M.E. School teachers is done by the Circle Inspector of Schools. For High School teachers the recruiting agency is the Orissa Staff Selection Commission which conducts competitive examinations consisting of Written and Viva
TRAINING FACILITIES IN ORISSA :
A. Govt. Secondary Training Schools (CT)
Number of Schools: 50 General Schools & 2 Urdu Schools.
Number of Seats: 50 each
Eligibility: 10th pass
B. Training Colleges for B.Ed.
Number of Institutes:
􀂾 Three(3) Institutes of Advance Studies in Education (IASE)
1. Radhanath IASE- Cuttack, No. of Seats – 120
2. Dibakar IASE- Berhampur, No. of Seats-60
3. Dr. Parshuram IASE-Sambalpur, No. of Seats-90
􀂾 Six(6) Colleges of Teachers Education at Angul, Balasore, Bolangir, Bhanjanagar, Koraput and Bhubaneswar. Total No. of Seats 460.
􀂾 Four(4) Govt. Training Colleges at Rourkela, Baripada, Kalahandi and Fakirpur.
No. of seats 50 each.
EMPLOYMENT PROSPECT :
‘Education’ is one of the prime concern of the govt. Spreading the literacy map and educating the masses has assumed much importance. Thus teachers are in demand both in the public and private sectors. The Staff Selection Commission hold periodical selection examinations to recruit trained graduate teachers (TGT) to be appointed in the Government High Schools.
COURSES FOR ENTRY INTO SPECIAL SCHOOLS :
Institutes in Orissa:
􀂾 Training Centre for Teacher of the Hearing Impaired, SIRD Campus, Unit-8, Bhubaneswar, Orissa-751012. Conducts Diploma for Teachers of 15 months duration.
􀂾 Training Centre for Teacher of the Visually Handicapped, SIRD Campus, Unit-8, Bhubaneswar, Orissa-751012. Conducts Diploma for Teachers of 15 months duration.
􀂾 Jewels International Chetana Institute for the Mentally handicapped, A/3, Nayapalli, Bhubaneswar-751013.
National Institutes:
National Institutes conduct 1 year Diploma Course after +3 or 4 years Integrated Course after 10+2.
􀂾 National Institute of Visual Hindicapped, 116, Rajpur Road, Dehradoon-248001
􀂾 National Institute of Orthopedically Hindicapped, B.T.Road, Hughly, Kolkatta-700090
􀂾 Ali Yavarjung National Institute of Hearing Handicapped, Krishnachand Marg, Bandra West, Mumbai-400050.
􀂾 National Institute of Mentally Handicapped, Manovikash Nagar, Bowenpalli, Secundarabad-500011 (A.P).
PROSPECTS :
After completion of the special courses one can get into integrated schools, special schools or NGOs dealing with disability sector.