The overall development of the country completely depends on the qualitative education. Education is not only to be the acquisition of knowledge, passing examinations and receiving degree, but is to be job oriented education so as to adjust in the society and enable the citizen to get name and fame and spend life hilariously. For this purpose, invitational education is indispensable.
The invitational education helps to prevail favourable conditions in the formal or informal schools where people go and learn. In accordance with Purkey and Novak (1988) the implementation of invitational education is the root for all sort of development of each and every citizen across the country. Thus, the school environment should be favourable and unspoilt by any means. To create such school environment the basic infrastructure should be well-maintained. The basic requirement so as to provide conducive work environment education is the most essential, valid and relevant curriculum, manageable competent and capable skill of deliberation, favourable healthy environment and continuous monitoring and evaluation, supportive and capable of management committee, and basically the leadership of the scholastic institutions indeed.
The significance, validity, usefulness of relevant curriculum proves in creating healthy environment in the school settings. The current curriculum prescribed by government is one which is based and privileged on the basis of the learner-centred and interest of multicultural, multirational, multiregional ground. In addition to these learners’ interest, it also considered to be based on national and international up to date context.
Teachers, the architects or painters of nation destiny are the persons who implement or carry out the curricula. In this sense teachers are important agent in invitational education. For these reasons, the teachers are to be trained well, and teachers should possess feeling of fraternity and fruition not only to teach or perform their regular duties but also to comprehend and tackle the academic challenges. They also equally need to assess the students objectively and develop tools/tactics and lead the students to the right stairs of success. To fulfill this task either the teachers should be secured and satisfied with their duties or sometimes heads of schools should hobnob with staffers so as to bring their concealing feelings to the light. It is obvious that satisfaction leads to the positive attitudes and dedication. Marsh, Cacioppe and MIllef (1994) started “An effective business and low turnover.” If the teachers are less satisfied with their work owing to any reasons other than education will become less committed to practise their duties and impinge on quality education.
To go beyond these corrupted and polluted conditions, the head of institutions is to play the role be alert and endeavour to create digestive condition by conducting regular staff meetings, facilitating, monitoring regualry, encouraging and supporting the teachers and respecting, responding, rewarding, directing/counseling appropriately at the time of their work. As a result the teachers will feel triumph and good about themselves and enable them to empower the students. Teachers should not be made to dun rather to drudge otherwise it results in sluggishness. Frenetic activities may result in woeful status so, it should be discouraged. School should always readily acclimatize each time at this 21st century. Research studies launched by Stout and Oukley (1989) Hinaiden (1991) emphasized on the role of principals in achieving school effectiveness and investigated the arena in which school leadership affects performance of school.
Besides above addressed issues, the physical facilities and well-decorated classroom and the building are the one that in reality affects the students. Obviously, those human beings are mostly attracted and interested to enroll the students in such institutions consisting of breathtaking surrounding. Good management of schooling is another important factor that counts a lot in imparting quality education. To manage good leadership will, it is significant to manage well and facilitate school education but also to breed educational environment for invitational education by launching regular staff meeting, admiring and guiding school teachers, conducting workshops, establishing good relationship amongst the students, parents, community and rest of educational institutions. In advance of appointment of any staff, school committee should vet. Some schools like—Rato Bangla, St. Xavier, Budhanilkantha, Chelsea International Academy are the examples that are acclimatizing for invitational education.
Apart from internal factors, external factors are also equally important for conducive environment. The favourable external cooperation helps much in prevailing healthy school environment. Less interference from the outside on the ground of gender, racial, racial, religious, groupism, politicization creates and thrives invitational education. In creating the healthy and favourable environment the students’ involvement and participation are also vital. The capabilities, attitudes, qualities of students help in sustaining the healthy environment in schools. Congenital students are to be cared under proper supervision. As per C. Maskey—it is joyful to teach the students who possess the essential qualities like—respect for others, citizenship, fairness, perseverance, compassion, honesty, responsibility. They must have positive attitudes towards the institution and personnel who go hand in hand. The active role and responsibility of parents, community members cannot be abnegated and should considered also equally important in institutional development.
In a nutshell, the overall system should be favourable and followed on the agreed upon criteria. This is the most significant factor to strengthen hygienic advancement or achievement of any institutions. For the very task all the people should develop the democratic norms and values without which, even if all the factors are positive, no one develops and sustains the favourable condition and leads the institutional climate for invitational education. Wishing all the founders of scholastic institutions to have hope and be positive and enthusiastic in this direction for better environment and future. After discouraging the sloppy practices, new tactic is to be employed to lead the institution to the leading path.
Amar Limbu
Profession: Currently teaching at Chelsea Int’l Academy & GCE-A Level College, Central Baneshwor, Kathmandu, Nepal.
