Teachers should be compassionate while administering discipline in school to enrich students with good habits, positive attitude and the skillsets required besides theoretical knowledge, Deputy Inspector General (DIG) of Police (Vellore range) M.S. Muthusamy said here on Friday.
Mr. Muthusamy was delivering the inaugural address at the 13th annual felicitation event organised by the Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) at its campus on Friday to laud the heads of the government and government-aided schools that secured 100% pass percentage in the board examinations for 2022-23 in Vellore, Ranipet and Tirupattur districts. The DIG dubbed teachers as “crisis interventionists” who are instrumental in moulding the character of students during their school days.
“Your (teachers’) role is not just to impart knowledge through classroom learning. You are the makers of the future of the society,” the DIG told the teachers attending the event. “Teachers, with the advent of mobile phones and social media platforms, have become cautious of going the extra mile to correct the mistakes of students as they fear backlash from parents and the society. Such fear among teachers is unwarranted,” he said.
