Mumbai, June 26 -- Teachers are the very linchpins of an education system. They are the primary channels through which learning is imparted to students in addition to shaping their outlook and behaviour. Given the responsibility that they are entrusted with, it is tempting to apportion blame on them when learning outcomes do not match up to our expectations. However, poor delivery of education by teachers in classrooms is merely symptomatic of the larger malaise and inadequate governance that characterises our education system. It will not be wrong for us to say that we expect our front line workers, i.e. teachers, to deliver high quality services without equipping them with necessary training, tools, motivation or comfort. Accountability without enablement is not only ineffective, it turns out tobe counter productive....