Illiteracy is a Boon or a Curse?

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Illiteracy is a Boon or a Curse?
( by Shubhangi Paliwal)


Literacy in India grew very slowly until independence in 1947. The current Indian literacy rate is 74.04%. Kerala has achieved a literacy rate of 93.91% and Bihar is the least literate state in India, with a literacy of 63.82 Literacy is essential for the development of well being and the country. Illiteracy is a curse in India. There are people in India who are unable to read and write is said illiterate.

The people who are not educated created a dependence on the other person one way or another. Some create problems, chaos, disobedience, and invite superstitions to the world.

Cause of illiteracy:-
• Gender Disparity
• Caste Discrimination
• Poverty
• Lack of education facility
• Parents with little/no schooling

Why we need to remove illiteracy:-
Among the world, the adults who are not educated are struggling to earn money for their family, providing the essential is the big deal for them.

Illiteracy affects all areas of life. Illiterate people more likely to face poverty, health hazards, frauds, corruption, helplessness and it’s a major cause of the nation's slow growth.

Women literacy in India:-

Why it is more important to educate a girl than the boy?

Every issue is linked in a chain linked to one another and illiteracy is a mother of all the problems and causes issues like poverty, unemployment, child labour, population control, female foeticide.

The percentage of male literacy is more compared to women's literacy level. Women are the second side of the coin, one side is male we need both sides to be equal to develop our country. Low level of literacy not only harms the female's life
but also the family and its member as we say the first teacher of the child is his mother.

Some important factors which affect the female literacy level in India
• Early marriage
• Poor school environment for girls
• The lower number of enrolments
• Dowry system
• Poverty
• Priority is given to the son's education.
• Mental /beliefs of the parents and surroundings

Measures to remove illiteracy:-
By government

• Free education is provided in rural areas.
• Schemes are introduced such as

1. Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan- The Scheme of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan is a national flagship program & is being implemented in all districts of India. The aim of this scheme is to provide useful and relevant elementary education for all children in the age group of 6-14 years by 2010. The scheme of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan was launched in 2001. 50,000+ students are studying at 399 centres at different locations.

2. Midday meal scheme- There is no proper facility for the kids to avail of food in the schools especially in villages. Mid-Day meal programs to ensure that kids eat healthy nutritious food. This impacts literacy and attendance in a huge way.

3. Shiksha Sahayog Yojna- This scheme provides scholarships to students whose parents are living below or
marginally above the poverty line & who are covered under Janashree Bima Yojana. Already 3,20,253 people are recorded as beneficiaries under this scheme (till 2006).

4. Saakshar Bharat- launched in September 2009, primarily focuses on Adult education- for those who have crossed the formal age of education and yet were unable to complete it

5. Kanya Saaksharta Protsahan Yojna- The objective of this scheme is to reduce the dropout rate & to increase the interest of Tribal Girl Students to continue there to study. Rs. 500 is given to those girls who continue study in class VI, Rs. 1000 to girls who get admission in IX & Rs. 2000 to girls who get admission in XI.

6. Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya Yojna- This program is especially for promoting girl’s education. There are 3500 Kasturba Balika Vidyalaya in which 3.6 lac girls are studying. These schools also have hostel facilities for girls from 5th to 8th class. These government schemes are doing really well and many people are getting benefited. But still, there is a lot more to be done and thus, Search Schemes requests you to share the information of these schemes with the needy people like your maid, watchman, peon, or milkman. Let the future generations avail of these schemes for a shining career!

• Scholarships are provided to increase interest in students

• Many NGOs are working like Akashy Patra, Teach for India

By us

How can we participate to educate India:-
• Spread awareness among people the importance of education
• Teach some children in your spare time. Share your knowledge
• Work with NGO's on your weekends
• Donate some amount to facility, trust.


Disclaimer:-

The opinions expressed in this article are the personal opinions of the author. The facts and opinions appearing in the article do not reflect the views of Light de Literacy and LDL does not assume any responsibility or liability for the same.





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