20 QUALITIE OF A GOOD TEACHER

1. A good teacher must master the subject to be taught very well. His subject should not be his master rather he should be the master of his subject.

2. He must respect the worth of his students.

3. He should have a good knowledge of methods and techniques of teaching.

4. He must be morally upright i.e.giving good example to learners.

5. He must be honest, dedicated and patriotic.

6. He should be a time conscious man. He should utilize is time well, find  time to teach his lesson and even visit his outside the school curriculum.

7. He should be able to communicate effectively. His student should be able to hear him very him very well. Not too fast or too slow when talking or teaching his student.

8. He must be a humble person.

9. Ready to show high level of commitment and dedication to work all the time, he should be committed to his work, pupils or student and his subject(c)

10. A good teacher must be a role model and play fatherly role all the time.

11. He should have a good understanding of the basic principle of children's growth and development.

12. He must have a good sense of humour

13. He must respect the worth of his student

14. He should live exemplary life pattern with unquestionable characters. He should be found with indecent dealing with a person who he knows to be a student of a school. ln other word he should not have unlawful carnal knowledge of his student.

15. He must be imaginative , courageous, adaptable, friendly, fair and firm.

16. He must be accessible or approach and consistent

17. As a discipilinarian, he should inculcate discipline when necessary and ensure that the school rule and and regulation are obeyed

18. He must show genuine love for his learners

19. he must be ready to assist others all the time. He should see his student as his own children, ready to attend to their problem and sovle it.

20. He should be ready to adapt his teaching to local needs taking into account the materials at his disposal