Role of Teachers and Professionals in NEP 2020

Education is as old as the human race. It is a never ending process of growth and development and its period stretches from cradle to grave. In a real sense, education is to humanize humanity and to make life progressive, cultured and civilized. It is very important for the progress of individuals and society. It is through education that man develops his thinking, reasoning, problem-solving, creativity, intelligence, aptitude, skills, good values and attitudes. With education man can transform into human, social, moral and spiritual being. This transformation is only possible if a teacher can give proper direction to a human being to develop his above said skills. The teacher can act as trail-blazers in the lives of learners and in the process of education for development. To perform their multiple tasks in the classroom, school and community in a generally professional manner then a chain reaction can begin starting with a sound teacher’s performance and high quality learning among increasingly more students. Students will be able to taste joy of knowledge and thrill of understanding only when critical and creative thinking, insight and imagination are given importance in learning. Teachers truly shape the future of children and therefore, the future of our nation. Because of the noblest role of teacher, he was considered as the most respected person and guru of our society. The most learned, knowledgeable, skilled person became a teacher. To be skilled teachers must know about the professional ethics of teaching. But unfortunately, the current role of teacher is not as much effective as it was. May be the reasons quality of teacher, his recruitment, service conditions and motivation does not reach the desired standards. NEP 2020 give a vision how to become good teachers and good professionals. So this paper will throw a light on the role of teacher and professionals as envisioned by NEP.