Power of Education

We come across multiple social issues in our day to day life. At a signal,we see many 4 or 5 year old kids begging. We either give them money or shout at them. We hire 15 year old girls as maids. We pay them for their work but do not think their need for school.We see various cases of
child labor in construction and other professions. We ignore them and move on with our work even though it is illegal.We see girls getting married at the age of 15 and 16.These are few of the examples we see in our day to day life.

Why do we have such issues in our society?

According to me,the answers for this question is “IGNORANCE” and "LACK OF EDUCATION".
If a child goes to school, there is no need for the child to beg. If his/her parents are made to realize that few years of hard work and toil can yield a better quality of life than child labor and exploitation,things would definitely change. If a girl child is well educated,she cannot be exploited as a maid or a home maker or a sex worker at the age of 15/16 (you will definitely find this sentence a bit rude but that is the bitter fact).

How do we get rid of these issues?

*Sponsor 2 children for their education as much as you can. If it is not manageable,seek your friends'support. It is not necessary that we have to provide them education in international schools.There are pretty decent government schools in our country. Make them study there. There are many NGOs that provide scholarship for their higher studies. Take a bit of pain to get the fruit which is readily available.

*Inform your company’s Corporate social responsibility team about the children who deserve better education. Almost all the companies support such initiatives to help the society.

*If monetary support is too much of an ask,talk to the parents and make them feel responsible about their child's education.Try to suggest few solutions for their problems.Make them feel confident about the child’s ability to study well.

* Start spending some time on conducting private classes on basic spoken english and other subjects.

Above mentioned are few steps which I have seen most of my friends doing and which has also inspired me to contribute to some extent. These may sound very difficult and impossible, but they are not.We cannot expect the government to take each and every step for our nation’s improvement.We
are a part of the government and we have the same responsibility to steer the nation in the right direction. A revolution is not expected out of every one of us. Let us start doing small things. Every small drop of education will create an ocean of prosperity.

Educate a child .A family would grow.

Educate a family.A village would grow.

Educate a village.A district would grow.

Educate a district.A state would grow.

Educate a state. The country would grow.