ILLITERACY

ILLITERACY

Education is the backbone of a nation. No nation can prosper without it. But in our country illiteracy exists on a mass scale. As a result we cannot stand. We have a large population. Only about one-fourth of our people can read and write. The rest of our people are illiterate. It is very sad. If our people can attain the ability to read and write, the nation will see the light of hope.

Newspapers, periodicals, magazines etc., are full of information’s and instructions. Records of all kinds and accounts are maintained in books. Documents of all kinds are written. Secret information’s and news are sent through letters. Modern methods of cultivation and other necessary instructions have been written in books. Doctors prescribe medicine and give instructions in writing. Even the religious books including the holy Quran are written. The person who can’t read and write is deprived of all the facilities of education. He remains ignorant. Ignorance is equivalent to darkness. We cannot do anything important in darkness.
We have clearly realized that illiteracy is a curse. We must get rid of the curse of illiteracy. There are lots of boys and girls of school going age in our country. Some go to school and many tend cows or help their parents in the field of agriculture. In this way majority of our children are going illiterate. If this is allowed to continue, our country will never get rid of curse of illiteracy. Now our primary education is free. It is a matter of great pleasure that our government have taken some steps to make primary education compulsory. Beside this, proper importance has been given on adult education. It is true that all the illiterate grown up people cannot be brought under the programme at time. It is also true that only a few grown up illiterate people of the project area have responded to call. The illiterate women do not come forward. It is due to their ignorance and poverty. The adult education programme will be crowned with success if our illiterate adults want to get rid of the curse.

Encouraging response should come from our illiterate people to remove illiteracy from Bangladesh. Some bright examples should be brought before them. The local leaders and competent authorities should motivate and encourage our people so that they come forward to make the programme a success.