<p>The dynamics of student teacher relationship has transformed radically over the years. Since time immemorial, a teacher is said to be the one who imparts knowledge to his/her students, moulds an individual to his/her final form, a disciplinarian equipped with a brain to answer any question asked by his/her pupils and whose words were followed by many, may it be right or wrong. Although at present times, the qualities students look for in a teacher varies from the above.</p>.<p>When asked about what qualities they look for in a teacher, the opinions of present-day students were different from what students of previous era used to say. Some students responded saying a teacher should be passionate about his/her job, be a question bank with all the answers and practical examples of the topics he/she handles, a motivator, a role model of what a student should become and someone who never discriminates between students; whereas some students wanted to take students-teacher relationship to another level. They would like it if teachers were more approachable, friendly, and able to understand a student’s emotions and act accordingly. “A teacher should be a facilitator more than a dominant figure in the class,” said a student pursuing post-graduation. This clearly identifies that the new age student expects more from his/her teacher than what we had settled for in the past.</p>.<p>With the advancement of technology slowly turning into adaily affair, students now hold the key to all information available around the world at the click of a mouse. This nearly puts them almost at par with the teacher in terms of knowledge base. Students now decide on what to learn and how it should be taught to them.</p>.<p>It has now become highly necessary for teachers to adapt to the changing needs of students. For example, Students now respond better to a teacher who is friendly and alters his/her behaviour through proper counselling than harsh punishments which was something our teachers believed in. Even though certain practices like standing up to wish the teacher still exists in our country, in a classroom environment we like to talk to our students and discuss with them about the topics we teach other than just preaching the same.</p>
<p>The dynamics of student teacher relationship has transformed radically over the years. Since time immemorial, a teacher is said to be the one who imparts knowledge to his/her students, moulds an individual to his/her final form, a disciplinarian equipped with a brain to answer any question asked by his/her pupils and whose words were followed by many, may it be right or wrong. Although at present times, the qualities students look for in a teacher varies from the above.</p>.<p>When asked about what qualities they look for in a teacher, the opinions of present-day students were different from what students of previous era used to say. Some students responded saying a teacher should be passionate about his/her job, be a question bank with all the answers and practical examples of the topics he/she handles, a motivator, a role model of what a student should become and someone who never discriminates between students; whereas some students wanted to take students-teacher relationship to another level. They would like it if teachers were more approachable, friendly, and able to understand a student’s emotions and act accordingly. “A teacher should be a facilitator more than a dominant figure in the class,” said a student pursuing post-graduation. This clearly identifies that the new age student expects more from his/her teacher than what we had settled for in the past.</p>.<p>With the advancement of technology slowly turning into adaily affair, students now hold the key to all information available around the world at the click of a mouse. This nearly puts them almost at par with the teacher in terms of knowledge base. Students now decide on what to learn and how it should be taught to them.</p>.<p>It has now become highly necessary for teachers to adapt to the changing needs of students. For example, Students now respond better to a teacher who is friendly and alters his/her behaviour through proper counselling than harsh punishments which was something our teachers believed in. Even though certain practices like standing up to wish the teacher still exists in our country, in a classroom environment we like to talk to our students and discuss with them about the topics we teach other than just preaching the same.</p>