by Sangeeta Deogawanka

Created on: September 08, 2007   Last Updated: May 10, 2009

Teachers are indeed an important force for positive change. Both locally and globally, they are the vehicles of education. It is they who impart the "curriculum" to the students, and explain their significance in today's world.

It is teachers who are bringing education in all its forms, to the student. The teacher guides the student and helps the student put his learning to use.

Students being the future citizens of tomorrow, they are also the ones who will be tomorrow's policy makers, movers and shakers. What a student observes in school, or gleans from his teachers, leaves a lasting impression on him. So obviously, teachers are both directly and inadvertently influencing these future citizens.

Teachers have the power to make or break a student's hopes, careers ad aspirations. It is an impressionable stage for a student, when he is still learning, observing and often lacking in confidence. A teacher becomes the reckoning force for nurturing that willingness to learn and absorb the good. The teacher can encourage the positive qualities in a student and foster a healthy social environment.

Undoubtedly, teachers play a most critical role in bringing about positive change.

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