Recently , there were elections held for village panchayats in Haryana.Nominations were to be filed. The notification made it compulsory for the applicants to be matriculates if they wanted to contest the elections for Panchayat.It seemed to be a very welcome step on the surface.But soon voices of objection could be heard from the women at the different levels.And quite right they were.Whether it was practical or not, the contestant could be asked to attach a proof that there was no High school in the village where she spent her school going yearsto get the condition of being matriculate waived.Isnt it a fault of the government if a girl child is not given her basic right to education ?
Women took the case to the court. Their plea was that it was not their fault that they were not educated. There was no high school in the village.The honourable court rejected their plea.But only one thing surprised me. If an undermatric can be an MP or an MLA, then why not a member of a Panchayat.
What is the fault of that child whose parents are too poor to send her to school? Now don't say that there is free education in our country.There is no limit of poverty.When both the parents go to earn a few bucks, the child may be baby-sitting the other siblings or cooking meals for the family or doing household chores.Where is the fault of this child?
Why should a child be denied right to education because the parents are not aware of the need of education?You can say that there are teachers for this purpose.How much surplus staff does the government provide to go from door to door and make parents aware of the need of education?So if the child is uneducated ,where is the fault of this child?
Why should a child be denied the right to education because certain high cast people don't want their children to study with them?Recently I got aware of this fact that there are people who are so so backward minded that they don't allow their children to study with the children belonging to certain castes.The children of certain castes are made to sit in a separate line or wear a different colour band or so.It did not surprise me but stunned me that after 68 years of independence we are so so backward .Still 100 percent literacy is a distant dream.Most of the Indians are illiterate.Some in the 3 rs and some in the field of social development and patriotism.And my question willalways remain unanswered-where is the fault of the child? Her only fault is that she is a girl child, she is from a poor family and she is born in a country which is so so backward.
Women took the case to the court. Their plea was that it was not their fault that they were not educated. There was no high school in the village.The honourable court rejected their plea.But only one thing surprised me. If an undermatric can be an MP or an MLA, then why not a member of a Panchayat.
What is the fault of that child whose parents are too poor to send her to school? Now don't say that there is free education in our country.There is no limit of poverty.When both the parents go to earn a few bucks, the child may be baby-sitting the other siblings or cooking meals for the family or doing household chores.Where is the fault of this child?
Why should a child be denied right to education because the parents are not aware of the need of education?You can say that there are teachers for this purpose.How much surplus staff does the government provide to go from door to door and make parents aware of the need of education?So if the child is uneducated ,where is the fault of this child?
Why should a child be denied the right to education because certain high cast people don't want their children to study with them?Recently I got aware of this fact that there are people who are so so backward minded that they don't allow their children to study with the children belonging to certain castes.The children of certain castes are made to sit in a separate line or wear a different colour band or so.It did not surprise me but stunned me that after 68 years of independence we are so so backward .Still 100 percent literacy is a distant dream.Most of the Indians are illiterate.Some in the 3 rs and some in the field of social development and patriotism.And my question willalways remain unanswered-where is the fault of the child? Her only fault is that she is a girl child, she is from a poor family and she is born in a country which is so so backward.