The reasons for this lie in the structure of technical teaching in India's higher-education system.

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Currently, the salary structure of the teaching profession is highly rigid, and that would also have to change in a world where we want to rate teachers on their actual performance.

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That the whole teaching structure of a university is based upon the medieval expense of books.

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"I found the way the school was managed day to day, the lack of a structure to maintain discipline and enable good teaching practice, very stressful, " Mr A said.

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The trust said its measures included suspending the governing body, undertaking a full review of the leadership structure, carrying out a staff and student survey and establishing a programme to improve the quality of teaching and marking.

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Education is not my area, but a knowledge of economics and industrial structure is something that I encounter all the time in teaching in such fields as regulated industries and antitrust law.

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The UNESCO-USA-Brazil Teaching Respect for All Project has the goal of outlining a curriculum structure that promotes tolerance, adaptable to the contexts and necessities of different countries.

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Mr Gove says that the quality of teaching is fundamentally linked to school standards - and that the pay structure should be designed to attract and reward the best staff.

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