India, June 30 -- Education was never meant to function as a performance industry. At its heart, teaching is a profoundly human profession, built on trust, empathy, encouragement and the shared pursuit of intellectual and personal growth. Yet an unsettling culture is quietly taking root in many educational institutions, where fear is increasingly replacing trust as the preferred tool of management.Teachers today are expected to navigate an endless cycle of classroom observations, lesson audits, documentation, performance metrics and evaluations. Accountability is, of course, essential. Schools must uphold standards and ensure quality education. But accountability without empathy soon ceases to inspire excellence. Instead, it breeds anxiet...