Observing those in teaching profession

I have been at a gathering of teachers and these are my observations Almost all of them look like they are so tired of the never ending work. Most of them look depressed too. And are somehow trying to cope up by joking or forcefully laughing. The ones in their 20s look like they are in their 30s. The ones in their 30s look like they are in their 40s or 50s. Some 80% of them are in a hurry…

Shifting goalposts for lecturers in India

Being college lecturers / professors in India is already riddled with many issues. University Grants Commission (UGC) is the apex body that controls Universities and college education in India. UGC comes up with the guidelines for eligibility and other rules for the college lecturers keeps changing the rules the way they wish and it causes more problems, than solving the existing ones. My friends hinted me that UGC has come up with a draft proposal to make rules whereby the…