How to Achieve Progress Through Education

In recent times, our country has made a lot of progress in many fields such as science& technology, health, education, food security etc. Progress is encouraging in some fields, but education sector is not getting the attention it deserves. Especially the underprivileged members of the society are far behind in reaping the benefits of modern education. Some may ask is it important to educate these people, when basic amenities of life food, water and shelter are also out of reach for them. Is it not necessary that the primary focus should be on providing these basic things? The answer is that education can solve most of the problems very easily which otherwise need a lot of effort. For example, if a poor is educated, he can get a job. This employment opportunity will help him to feed his family members, provide them health care, shelter and education. Thus education will help in a cyclic manner. There is no denying in the fact that education is indispensable for downtrodden people. It is the only medium through which poverty can be defeated. More than 60 years have passed since independence yet the poverty is present in our country. The political parties have not shown enough will to solve this problem. So instead of being dependent on government subsidies and freebies, the poor people should be educated so that they can make a decent living.

Now the question arises how to educate these people. There are numerous challenges present in achieving this goal. Some of the key challenges are-

1) The government run schools are unable to provide the quality education.

2) The private schools are too costly to be afforded by these people.

3) There is lack of awareness among these people.

4) Our education policy is not favorable to these people.

The above challenges can be tackled but we need a sound framework with honest implementation and monitoring mechanism. Firstly we need to understand that the requirements of downtrodden people are entirely different from the middle class or higher class people. In most of the cases the economic condition is too weak as a result all the family members including child are forced in labor work.