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Ever since the govt. is coming forward with education policies, the most important focus is learner centred education. But in practice it is still a far cry. Our education, teaching practices, strategies seem to be dogmatic and obsolete. Perhaps the reason is lack of proper professional development programmes for teachers. Most of our teachers do not possess necessary knowledge, skills and attitude to provide quality education. They teach in their own style and hardly make efforts to sharpen their saw. The professional courses for teachers have failed to produce real teachers. If a detailed study is conducted to analyse this, it will certainly find that more than 70 percent of them are teachers  by chance and not by choice. This is perhaps very unfortunate for our education. We need teachers who opt the profession by choice.  Research, experience and studies reveal that there are three important requirements for the teachers to teach effectively. Knowledge, skill and attitude. Thorough
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Delevering a Lecture

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People often feel that delivering a lecture is a very simple task. In fact it isn't so easy and simple. It requires lots of material, preparations and drill particularly for a relevant one . Our teachers are masters of this art. Of course this is part of their job. Others hesitate to come forward to deliver lecture. In a training session a story was told by the Resource Person to the trainees. It goes like,
In ancient times the system of punishment was different. In most of the cases it used to be tit for tat. Chopping off the hands, making blind, stoning to death and many more were the modes of punishment for the culprits. But there was a king who always  used to  throw the culprit before a hungry lion. This used to be in front of all darbaries (ministers)  queen and others. Once a dreaded thief was caught and imprisoned. Next day he was to be thrown before the hungry lion. He was put into a cage and in another cage there was a hungry lion. The lion was struggling to come out of the cage to satisfy its hunger and the thief was counting his last moments. There was a big assembly of king, queen and other people in the palace. All were eager to witness .
The king ordered the guard to open the cage of the thief. He opened it and  the thief walked at a very slow pace towards the center of the hall. He was tied with a chain but his hands were free. Then the door of the cage of the lion was opened. It came roaring to the thief. As soon as the lion  tried to punch the the thief with its paw ,the thief tightly held the ear of the lion and whispered something into  its ear. The lion immediately went back to its cage and started gazing at the theif.
The king, queen and all others were shocked and surprised. The king in a loud voice asked the culprit,
What did you whisper into the ear of the lion?
Nothing your majesty, replied the thief.
No, you have to tell us, asked the king.

Your majesty I can disclose on a promise from you, requested the thief.
What do you want?  Asked the king.
After listening me you will let me free.
The king agreed and told him to declare what he whispered.
The thief said that he whispered his last wish into the ear of the lion.
And what wish you whispered?
I whispered, O king of jungle after tearing my flesh and drinking my blood, you have to deliver a lecture  in this assembly.
The morale of the story is that delivering a lecture is not everybody 's cup of tea. It is rather a daunting task. 

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