Teaching- the stagnant profession?

In Finland, teaching is the highest paying profession since they only have public schools, following uniform education which is meticulously worked upon to give maximized benefits of knowledge. Naturally, scholars are attracted to the profession and it becomes a win-win situation for both, the teachers and the students.

Though it should be a win-win situation for teachers and students in every circumstance, teaching is often overlooked as a profession, many who end up in the field look at it as a last resort, as a backup option to fall upon if life doesn't work out as they had planned beforehand.

5th September is teachers' day. I visited a couple classes and every student decided their favorite subject according to the teacher they liked the most. They hated social studies because of their loathing for the teacher. When I went inside a class of 8th graders, they were noisy, jumpy, loud and annoying. They told me they are the worst class in the entire 8th grade, their teachers reminded them often about it. I tried talking to them, told them a couple of times that they are not as bad as they tell me they are, and they told me they like me by the time I left the class.

I am no one to judge a teacher for he or she is a fountain of knowledge, kind and patient human being who devotes his/her entire time to a bunch of nothings to make them something out of them. All I am saying is, we need more of teachers, and we need them to grow with changing times and generations.

Students are growing faster with times, and no one knows this better than the teachers. Students' requirements are changing, and methods to teach must also change with them. Our central education system is stagnant, the NCERT books are so rotten they reek of outdated material. The time for an update has passed a long time back, it needs a complete revamp now.

Newer boards such as International Board, Cambridge, etc have emerged and settled and although I can't just yet figure out their effectiveness, in the least I cay say there is growth since there is change, an improvement in educational diversity. ICSE, though generally considered to be as textual as, if not more, than CBSE, is also considered to be an effective system of education.

Then why does CBSE and some state boards are criticised heavily for their system of education? I believe we haven't figured out the best system to acquire knowledge yet. As vague as it may sound, we might only be able to conclude that debate after proper execution and practice of such systems, and figuring out what works best for our population and our students' requirements.

What we can assure though, is that we have better trained teachers in every school, ones that will actually direct and guide students into becoming more independent, that they don't require supervision as much and their emotional and mental health are taken care of.