Topic: School teachers

Teachers are leaving the profession for a myriad of reasons, including high stress levels, burnout, lack of support, heavy workloads, challenging working conditions, and financial strain.

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Govt school teachers have objected to 15-min window to mark attendance & the fact that this rule applies only to them. UP govt says expert committee will be formed to look into concerns.

To let schools be without adequate teachers will adversely impact students & be a violation of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, the state argued.

Green Bells Public School's director was also arrested hours after alleged incident. Student's father & 50 others protested outside local police station demanding school's closure.

A public school principal in Haryana’s Jind district allegedly turned into a serial predator, picking girls through CCTVs and molesting them in his office under the protection of a tinted glass door he installed soon after joining in 2018.

According to the police report, the incident occurred last week at a school in East Delhi's Gandhi Nagar.

On paper, the private school teachers earn decent salaries but they are forced to return a significant sum to the school in cash.