Every year 8th September is celebrated as International Literacy Day.
Why the need arose?
The main aim is to make people understand the importance of education. Since all the countries feel that the to uplift their subjects (people) ,create awareness among the masses this day was fixed.
Many people in different countries do not feel the need of it and do not send kids to school. The biggest reason could be poverty ,so earning their livelihood takes front concern than education.
What many countries did?
Many countries based on their survey formulated plans to promote literacy among the masses. Like they made a scheme of mid -day meals for kids coming to school,books,stationary items etc.
This prompted the people living below poverty line to send their kids to school as they felt that kids can get healthy food. Kids parents go to work and thus they are also free without any concern about their kids safety.
Government and NGO's of different countries took to different ways and types of platforms to create awareness like digital,social media-t.v or radio,banners,street skits in local language to be well understood by the people.
I feel skits played a major role as they could reach out to the remote areas where in digital reach was not possible.Still many NGO's are working on this. During festivals as all assemble at one place the delivery of any particular awareness programme becomes easier.The importance of being literate was widely understood.
What is the parent's view point on literacy ?
Parent's felt that due to economic crises they could not go to school or learn anything .They understood the need of it as they felt that they are being cheated by their employers about their wages.What they get and the paper on which their thumb impression is taken has a wide range of difference.
Though,they know they are being cheated because of their illiteracy on one hand and their need to earn and carry on their livelihood on the other. The awareness programme became a boon and now they also have understood the importance of being educated thus are sending kids to at least have primary education -the basic education .It covers hygiene,food,basic reading,writing and so on......
What is the change in kids ?
The vast change in kids that is being noticed is they are able to converse properly - to put their view point,read the documents and most importantly able to do signature instead of thumb impression so now they feel safe of not being cheated any more.
Thus we can conclude that for any country to progress the people have to be literate so that the functioning of the country ie. the policies developed can be executed in an effective way and it reaches the people and the people are able to utilize its benefits.
Let's promote literacy and stress on being educated citizens of our country as this is the base of development.
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