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NO Education, NO Power

Sherrin george


287.7 million ilitrate people are there in our country, India. That is amounting to 37
per cent of the global total. Unfortunately there exists an inability in our country for
many to attain even basic education in the form of poverty. The basic provision of
right to education is to provide free and compulsory education upto 14 years of age.
But I would define the need of the country as "Quality and Basic Education for all
Indian kids". The act itself is just a stepping measure, which is not enough for our
country. That is minimum education must not be defined in terms of age but in terms
of basic knwowledge to be possessed to serve the society. And this is what is
needed to be guaranteed free and compulsory.
Illiteracy is one social vice which is a result of most other social evils and even a
cause of many of them. It forms a vicious cycle of dire conditions and helplessness
which often traps the rural societies of India. It is referred as the condition of lack of
basic education and knowledge among the masses due to several reasons. Illiteracy
is mainly the result of poverty and dearth of facilities coupled with the rural orthodox
social outlook of India. Many people cannot afford the expenses of basic education
even if it has been subsidized and made free. Moreover, there exists this mentality
that girls need not be educated and deserve to do house-hold chores because the
males are considered to be the bread-earners in our patriarchal society while the
females are asked to stay back at home. Though this outlook is changing with the
development of the nation, many other factors contribute to the high illiteracy in our
country. One such factor is corruption. Corruption in the administrative level lead to
the failure of many governmental and nongovernmental initiatives which aim at
educating one and all in the country. Moreover, lack of employment opportunities,
over-population and degradation in the quality of education in India these days
account for the status-co of the society. Rising prices of the commodities also force
people to drop out of schools and colleges to find means of earning livelihood to
make both ends meet.
As we discuss the causes, we see that even the effects and results of illiteracy are
similar. Due to large number of uneducated masses, the human population cannot
turn into a useful resource and thus cannot contribute to the economic growth of our
country. This leads to a low demographic dividend. Moreover, ignorance about the
basic rights and principles of a citizen of the country leads to added corruption
among the authorities and officials at any level. We also notice illiteracy leading to
deteriorating health conditions of people as they are unaware about it. It leads to
promotion of blind faiths, fads, misconceptions and superstitions in the society. Lack
of awareness also deteriorates the cultural richness of our country as we cannot take
proper care of it.
Thus we see, illiteracy is a social evil that shall encircle our country in darkness and
downfall if not curbed. Thus, we are now making efforts by taking initiatives to teach
everyone. Campaigns, clubs, evening schools and forums take steps forward to
teach specific issues to specific sections of the society.
I have just done a small part. Now you need to put together your ideas, views,
suggestions and make the country listen to it. All we need is cooperated and sincere
efforts to fight this problem.

Be a part of it.
Sherrin george
Indian citizen, Class IX

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