Calling for an enhanced focus on the development of teachers in India, Infosys founder NR Narayana Murthy, on Wednesday, called for spending $ 1 billion a year to train school teachers by 10,000 retired highly accomplished teachers. He also stressed upon the need to increase the pay scale of teachers and researchers in India, reported PTI.
“We must show much respect and pay better salaries to our teachers and researchers. We must also provide better facilities to our researchers. We must honour them. They are role models for our youngsters. That is why we instituted the Infosys Prize in 2009. It is our small contribution to further the cause of research in India,” he said.
He also said that people should pay about $ 100,000 a year for each of retired teachers for twenty years. The two-decade long programme will cost around $ 20 billion for twenty years. Comparing the cost on teachers with India’s USD five trillion GDP, Narayana Murthy said that cost of 20 years training program will not be a big financial burden for the country.
If you think this is expensive, you may recall the words of Derek Bok, a former President of Harvard University, who said, “If you think education is expensive, try ignorance,” he noted.
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Updated: 15 Nov 2023, 05:06 PM IST