New Delhi, Sept. 5 -- In the good old days, teaching was considered as the noblest profession. A teacher was regarded as an image of god and treated with respect and reverence. For students, teachers were their ideals and they hero worshipped them. It was their dream to become a teacher in future. A teacher occupied a prominent and respectable position in society.

But gone are the good old days. Now teaching is the least preferred job. With flourishing professional courses and glamorous jobs in software and MNCs, no one aspires to become a 'mere teacher'.

It is now considered a dull, boring and mundane job. At the same time, teaching has become the easiest job too. If nothing works out, the teaching line is always open. With hundreds of...