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The Hidden Cost of Talent Hoarding in Schools: A Silent Crisis Impacting Educators

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  Introduction In the rapidly evolving landscape of education, talent is the most vital resource. Educators drive innovation, shape the future, and foster young minds. However, a concerning and often unspoken trend within schools is stifling this potential Talent Hoarding. This practice, where leadership or administrators intentionally retain high-performing staff in specific roles or limit their professional growth to maintain institutional stability or personal control, has become a silent crisis in educational institutions. While it may appear as a strategy for continuity, the long-term consequences of talent hoarding are profound. It affects not only the personal and professional development of educators but also the overall health, creativity, and progressiveness of the school environment. What is Talent Hoarding? Talent hoarding refers to the practice of restricting the mobility, visibility, or upward movement of talented educators to keep them confined within certain roles o...

Effective Ways To Avoid Truancy (Truant Behaviour) - A Complete Guide For Students

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  Truancy is any intentional, unjustified, unauthorised or illegal absence from compulsory education. To put it in simple words, Truancy is the problem or situation of school children being absent from school regularly or frequently without permission.   Truancy is a common behaviour observed among elementary school children. There could be many factors responsible for the truant behaviour and it might differ from student to student. Missing the written or oral examination, failure to attend school events or competition, failure to be present on important submission dates or presentations and so on, are some of the probable truant behaviour observed among the learners.  Truancy has very recently been mistaken that only teachers or counselors can help change this truant behaviour. You will find hundreds of articles which give many effective solutions for teachers to deal with truant behaviour among the students. But in this article I will enlist some super easy solutions ...