Fourth, Universities are responsible for the quality of our teachers. We cannot blame the teachers who have degrees and certificates from our institutions for the level of their competence. We ought to bear the burden of the responsibility. After all we graduated them, and certified them as competent experts. Teachers are often intellectually isolated, indeed starved, in our public schools.
Some schools have no libraries.
Teachers are often treated as keepers of classrooms rather than keepers of the mind. Under the circumstances, we have to strive to reprofessionalize our teachers. There are several ways we can do that. University-led summer or evening institutes for our high school teachers could keep them abreast with the latest developments in their respective academic disciplines. We must provide mentors to our high school teachers.