We are focusing at vertical development. Which means the gap between poor and rich people is increasing at a fast pace. Instead we should help to reduce it. For this to happen horizontal development is vital. This will lead to overall development of the society. A very disheartening thing is that very few people think in this way.
What does education mean to people living in cities? May be a Masters degree or something more than that! It is looked upon as a powerful tool to earn money and nothing else. In villages there are schools which lack minimum infrastructure, there are schools having a single teacher, many children have to travel 6-8 km daily for schooling without any mode of transport ( i.e walking!!). The very important learning atmosphere is missing completely!
Recently I went to a village named ‘Khireshwar’ (foot village of Harishchandra fort). I saw the school there. A very simple school..hardly 7-8 classrooms. I do not know much about the staff there nor about the school atmosphere as I went there at night, I left the village on Sunday. But the entire night I thought about education facilities in villages like the one I was staying in! It seemed that we GRADUATES from the CITIES are very selfish! Constantly my mind compared the school I went and the schools in village. There was a huge gap, which is very difficult to span, and with our negligence, the task is going to be more difficult. What is the solution? I am unable to find a very strong solution to this. However, I think if all young graduates, postgraduates come together and visit different villages to help our brothers and sisters in their education; it would be a remarkable thing. I know that for this problem to be solved, a very strong government support is required, but why should we wait for our lethargic government to act on this? Even if we work on Saturday-Sundays, it would be a great achievement. So lets begin the ‘GRAM SHIKSKHA ABHIYAN’.
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