Essay On Illiteracy
Introduction: Illiteracy is similar to
ignorance. So it is termed as a cause for human beings. A man without learning
is akin to a beast. Education helps a man turn into a complete man. The first
message, from the Almighty to the Prophet (sm) is ‘Ikra’, meaning – ‘read’. The
Prophet says, “If needed pursue knowledge to the remotest land of China” So,
the importance of learning is inevitable.
Its causes: There are many causes
behind illiteracy. Poverty and superstition are the prime causes of it. Most of
the people of the villages are superstitious and they think that female
education is anti-religious. Besides, poverty-stricken people engage their
children for earning. They do not allow their children to go to school. As a
result, we have got innumerable illiterate people.
Its impression on our society: Since
most of the farmers of our country are illiterate, they are quite ignorant of
the latest technical knowledge of production and that is why agricultural
output is very small. In mills or factories, illiterate and non-skilled workers
cannot ensure full-capacity production. The illiterate people are to work and
live under the cover of darkness known as illiteracy. They have eyes but cannot
read the black-inked letters like the bogus boo – an imaginary creature. For this,
basic human rights like housing, food, clothing, education, health, and medicine
are Greek of them. Our family planning programme cannot be mobilized in degrees
because of the illiteracy and ignorance of the couples.
Bad effect on national economy:
Illiteracy always, plays a negative role in our whole economy. No nation can
shine economically without eradicating illiteracy. So long as illiteracy is not
driven out of society, chaos and confusion, increasing population,
barbarism, breakdown of the existing law and order, polluting the environment
and leading life in an orthodox manner will continue.
Essentially of literacy movement in
Bangladesh: The census of 2011 shows that a great number of our people are
illiterate. These illiterate people live in towns and villages. They do not
know how to cultivate their land through scientific methods. This country of 1,
47,570 square kilometers is burdened with about 160 million people. It is
impossible to feed these people with old methods of cultivation. It is essential
to make more agricultural production and keep the population growth under
control. The necessity of the literacy movement in our country is essential for her
progress.
Ways to eradicate illiteracy: As
illiteracy is a great barrier to our economic development and overall
progress we should take some necessary steps to eradicate it. Removal of
illiteracy of course should get topmost priority and be our immediate task. We
must be pragmatic in our approach and an elaborate programme should be chalked
out in this regard. The illiterate people should be made conscious and given
a concrete idea of the importance and necessity of education in individual
and national life. Education up to class then should be made free and compulsory.
More and more schools should be setup up to the war level of the village. The system
of mass and adult education should be introduced all over the country. Free distribution
of books to the students up to secondary level should be made. Primary and
secondary education should be made free and compulsory for all children. More and
more teachers from among the unemployed literate people should be appointed to
teach them. A penalty system like fine, tax, or punishment under any section
should be imposed upon those people who drop out or leave schools before
completing the scheduled course of studies. Students, teachers, young men and
women, imams of mosques, and other responsible persons can offer their voluntary
services to teach illiterate people.
Conclusion: By making the root of
education strong we can shrink the extension of illiteracy and taking effective
measures must ensure its eradication. For this very reason, posters and
pamphlets should be posted on walls. Meetings, seminars, and workshops can be
held to popularize the programme of illiteracy eradication. Steps to hold
classes should be taken to educate illiterate adults in the evening. The educated
society should come forward and help the government. Then we will be able to eradicate
illiteracy step by step.
