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Teaching’s harrowing experience

Navigating the terrain of guiding children in schools, who are still grappling with the demands and pressures of their youthful exuberance and coupled with the necessity to push every learner towards purpose in life, places enormous weight on the shoulders of teachers.

Theirs is a daunting responsibility that can lead to a burn out. The job of teaching is a harrowing experience, made even more painful by the mere fact that even recipients of their services are reluctant customers.

Execution of the mission of teaching takes a heavy toll on the educators because it does not only require the technical prowess of transmitting the curriculum but also mastery of the soft skills needed to smoothen human interactions.

Editor's Comment
Ruling party should tread carefully on cadre deployment

But on the particularly sensitive question of cadre deployment, the BNF must tread very carefully.The issue deserves robust debate, not ideological enthusiasm. Recent public comments from the BNF leadership are reassuring: the party has said that government positions should be based on merit and competence rather than party membership, and that it does not have a specific cadre-deployment policy.That principle should remain firmly at the centre...

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