Watch Our Webcast To Know All About Teaching As A Profession And Beyond

There has been a lot of speculation about teaching as a profession especially with the changing dynamics of the education sector followed by the given COVID 19 situation. This has been a burning topic and being a leader in teacher education, Asian College of Teachers organized a webcast where the relevant issues were discussed by none other than the expert himself, Dr Sanjib Chakraborty, the founder of Asian College of Teachers. Dr Chakraborty is a PhD in Management Science from University of Hertfordshire, UK with two Masters - in Education and in Business Administration and with over 25 years of experience in the education sector. He spoke at length about some of the pertinent issues swirling in the minds of the teaching aspirants. He highlighted the fact that a major gap is foreseen in the next 10 years among the teaching workforce and emphasized 3 important points - experienced teachers retiring, many working teachers leaving the teaching profession and the requirement of competent teachers.Dr Chakraborty threw light on motivating teaching aspirants or working teachers and highlighting the perks of the profession is the call of the hour. Moreover, as a profession teaching needs to be promoted in Asia unlike Europe where teaching is given a lot of prominence. To make the teaching profession appealing the teacher education has to move from traditional method of training to more holistic approach assuring high-quality intrinsic and extrinsic training preparing teachers for the 21st century learners. Teaching as a profession needs to be projected as a complete package to attract the younger generation and those who are eyeing an international teaching career need to work on a lot of factors apart from the qualification - their mindset, flexibility, strengths and groom themselves to the level to get noticed by the schools of their choice. This boils down to the fact that teacher training and professional development need to be at the core of the teaching profession. You can watch the webcast to know more.Visit : https://www.facebook.com/100007054507866/videos/2751241788454278 Click Here