University of Oxford is the oldest university in the English-speaking world. There is no clear date of foundation but teaching existed at Oxford in some form in 1096. Oxford operates the Ashmolean Museum, the world’s oldest university museum, and Oxford University Press, the largest university press in the world. It hosts the Rhodes scholarship, one of the oldest international graduate scholarship programmes. Oxford’s notable alumni include 30 U.K. prime ministers and many world heads of state and government. As of 2022, 73 Nobel Prize laureates, 4 Fields Medallists and 6 Turing Award winners have matriculated, worked or held visiting fellowships at Oxford, while its alumni have won 170 Olympic medals.

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Covid-19 or otherwise, whether schools remain closed yet for another year or remain open, all of us, especially the young students who have experienced the loving care and affection of their teachers for years together will always specially think of them on Teachers’ Day, celebrated annually on September 5, set aside to express our gratitude for making them what we are today to a very great extent. The day provides all of us, whether we are students or parents or have even become teachers today, a unique opportunity to appreciate them and tell them that they are precious to us, and that we shall never forget them in our lives.

Our country has always held teachers in very high esteem; the Mahabharata has many classic examples of this. Acharya (the royal teacher) was always considered an integral part of the royal household. His advice was always sought before the king took any important decision, and his word often prevailed over others. No one ordinarily questioned his moral authority.

Rabindranath Tagore was affectionately called Gurudev by his disciples, and sure Tagore liked it. Even today, in many circles he is referred to as Gurudev, and not so much as a writer, which he was by any standard.

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To become an English professor, you should have a Master’s degree in English and should clear the National Eligibility Test (NET). This test is for the appointment of Lecturers/Assistant Professors.

Take any combination of subjects in 10+2, as English is a compulsory subject. Then go for B.A. (Hons.) English, followed by Masters in English (M.A.). So after Std VIII, you require 9 years to complete M.A..

A Master’s degree is the minimum requirement to teach at the college level; however, universities prefer an M.Phil. (Master of philosophy) / Ph.D. and also offer extra increments to these candidates.

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