Multicultural classroom: an emerging trend in Indian higher education system

This research paper is aimed to explore the concept of multicultural classroom from the Indian context. Though being one country, India has a mixture of different cultures in it which have some resemblances and some differences. Due to technological advancements in the world and in India, students from different states and cultures come and sit in one classroom to pursue education. In a multicultural classroom, a teacher has to undertake a lot of responsibility. This paper states that teacher in a multicultural classroom should possess more skills and competencies than those who teach in homogeneous classrooms. As a result, a teacher in a multicultural classroom must be able to understand culturally diverse backgrounds, manage conflicts constructively, and comprehend different strategies to handle sensitive situations. This research paper discusses some issues or challenges that a teacher faces in multicultural classroom and the strategies to overcome these issues and challenges.