Teaching Profession in Nepal

By: Prem Prasad Sigdel

The condition of teacher in Nepal is too poor or this job is ranked towards the last of all other professions. People don’t take it as one of the respectable jobs as it has less earning; rather they would regard this job as one of the ways of engaging. So it is hated by all the people as teachers don’t get extra benefit from this job.

People exchange job along with money rather than the expertise or the service which they should have in their life. The social context is odd in this matter that it would praise the persons who have earned money rather than the service they have given to the society. In teaching profession, teachers don’t have other sources of earning which the civil servants have got begging from the service taker. So teaching job is one of the hated jobs in Nepal.

Other jobs have opportunity to earn money from bribery instead of the teachers. The competency of this job is compared with other jobs and their earning. The government has also not given much priority in education. Other job holders have earned more money and they have luxurious life in comparison to the teachers so the society evaluates them as the high rank personnel in the society. Thus the attraction towards teaching has been decreasing. On the other hand, if any person who haven’t got other job would adopt teaching profession as the stepping stone.

On the other hand, people don’t like to spend time for the children as it is one of the tedious jobs. People don’t feel good to spend time with children because they aren’t the source of money like in other government jobs. The teacher and society haven’t given value to the children so the teachers would also feel burden to deal with children. If we can’t make them realize to its importance, the profession would be hated till long.

Teachers earn less in comparison to other job holders in the society. Their needs and wants are also the same like others however the earning is less. The talented person would be the teacher because he would get the opportunity in teaching. Those who haven’t got the chance in teaching at the prime phase of their job-age would choose civil servant forcefully having no competency in teaching or in other field. Instead their earnings have exceeded the teacher’s earning so the teachers would have neglected in the society. There is no such government mechanism to check for bribery; rather the government would blame teachers time and again of not performing well in providing quality.

The government white colour beggars have earned much more taking money from the service taker so the teaching job is in the last of choice. There is high chance from the so-called civil servants to take money from common people. I have visited many offices and paid for them also. If I didn’t pay for them, they would suspend my work; neither would I have to quarrel to have my work done. Last time I went to Syangja District Court and I didn’t give any money for the personnel. I went with my solicitor and he told me that the clerk wanted some money from me while returning. I was much surprised with his expression that they would expect meager money from the service-taker though they have been paid by the government. The best thing is that I haven’t given any money to that man.