If teachers are doing their jobs well, there will be no feeling of fear about being evaluated. They'll be more excited about what their students would write about them.
I do not think there's anything wrong with students evaluating their teachers. Evaluation helps you know how well or how poor your performance as a teacher is, so as to improve or do better. A good teacher should be curious about their performance.
And yes, allowing students to evaluate their teaches will aid teaching, in that the teachers would get to know where they're lagging behind so that they can improve.
One of the effective ways teachers can be assessed is through anonymous write ups where students' names are not disclosed. This can be done by asking students to write about their teachers, it can even be conducted in a form of a questionnaire, more like asking specific structured questions where students only get to answer "yes" or "no" or pick a particular word from a list of options, and not their own independent answers. Reason is because some students can dislike a teacher whether good or bad and decide to just write the wrong things about them. So in order to avoid derogatory write ups that would cause problems, assessments should be done strategically.
Assessment would not only improve the quality of teaching but the quality of education as a whole. If teachers' assessment is included in the educational sector, it will inculcate the consciousness in teachers that if you must be a teacher then you should be ready for it, and that you should be a teacher indeed. This way we would not only have professionals in the teaching field but also people who can nurture and build character, and also bring out the best in children and teenagers.
However, assessment should be done cordially, not in a way that would downgrade teachers. And even when students do not make great comments about teachers, the school authorities should not scold the teachers publicly, as this would or may cause disrespect or disregard for teachers.
Additionally, teachers who do well during the assessment should be rewarded and encouraged. Others who are yet to improve should not be seen as liabilities but should be encouraged, advised and given a fair treatment as everyone cannot be the same.
My concluding statement is: teachers in general should be treated well, paid well and respected by both the school authorities and the students.
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