Many people believe that raising teachers’ salaries is the best way to improve the quality of education because teachers will be motivated to work harder. As far as I am concerned, increasing teachers’ salaries cannot be considered as the best way. Actually, there are other better ways for governments to achieve the goal.

Increasing teachers’ income does not guarantee that they will contribute more. Currently, many teachers are teaching students without passion because they supplement their income by offering private lessons after school. Supposing that government tries to increase teachers’ salaries, the added part of their salaries will not be comparable to the money they earn from private lessons. Therefore, if teachers’ salaries are increased, they will still pay more attention to the children who provide more money. As a result, the quality of education will not improve.

Unlike the way I mentioned above, adding more social practice to students’ lives is a wiser way to improve the quality of education. Many students believe the best way to attend good universities and further have decent jobs is to study hard. Hence, students today concentrate only on their assignments and examinations. However, in this way, students are likely to lack some crucial abilities such as interpersonal skills and critical thinking. Without such abilities, they are likely to face more problems once they find a job. Thus, governments should require students to take part in social practice to develop their various abilities except for studying.

Another effective way for government to improve the quality of education is to reduce class size. Nowadays, there are usually more than 40 students in a class. With limited energy, teachers cannot pay attention to everyone in such a crowded class. Some students who have trouble figuring out academic problems may not get instant help from teachers, so they can hardly make progress. By contrast, a smaller class means that everyone in the class can get enough attention. Students in smaller classes are more likely to achieve better scores in exams.

In conclusion, it is obvious that improving teachers’ salaries has little to do with improving the quality of education. Governments are supposed to try other better ways.