Open AccessEducators and Education at a Crossroad in Bhutan
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
contemporary education and teaching research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2737-4335
pISSN - 2737-4203
DOI - 10.47852/bonviewcetr2020010202
Subject(s) - economic shortage , civil servants , work (physics) , social status , political science , sociology , pedagogy , medical education , social science , medicine , government (linguistics) , law , mechanical engineering , linguistics , philosophy , politics , engineering
This paper discusses the much contested issue with regard to the social status and work conditions of educators and examines whether decline is inevitable or can be reversed. Many teachers are in view that their status in the society is low and their profession is not respectable compared to the other professions. Mostly teachers and school administrators were interviewed to uncover their views about the status of teachers in the society. It was found out that both status and image of the teachers in the society are low compared to the other civil servants. There are issues in the schools of teacher shortage and also visible trend that many teachers left the teaching profession within the last one decade.