Is fear in education as defined by the concept Tobephobia a reality in your schools?

The fear of failiure in education is a reality in our schools no matter who we are or where we live in this global village of ours. The issues of curriculum change spurred by knowledge explosion alone presents major challenges to our educators who need to upgrade their professional skills on a continuous basis. Another burning issue is that of school violence. Media reports throughout the world paint a gloomy picture on the failure of many schools to reduce the effects of violent learners who are graduating through the educational system. Coping with the special needs of learners at both ends of the normal curve is also another great challenge to teachers in heterogeneous classroom settings. Failure results in providing the same curriculum to all learners yet their individual needs differ from each other. What about the fear of failure resulting from poor leadership in our schools? In the latter case, we need to honestly ask ourselves whether our school leaders have graduated from being traditional, bureaucratic managers to collegial leaders whose emotional intelligence reduces the anxieties and tensions of teachers enabling them to attain job satisfaction. There are many other factors that clearly allude to the fcat that Tobephobai is a reality in our schools.