Letter to BS: Want to be a good teacher, don't take students for granted

The fundamentals must be clearly understood before students move on to more serious things

This refers to “Learning from the   classroom” (January 16). Over the  years, government schools in most states have enhanced their status  by infrastructure development and  an increase in enrolments. However, most of them are lagging  behind in terms of the quality of education. Since the students in government schools come from different social strata, they face many learning problems. Their upliftment in academics is a difficult task. Teachers in government schools must take teaching as a mission. They must not take the students for granted. Children at every level must acquire certain skills and it is the responsibility of the