▪︎ARTICLE WRITING
In spite of whatever claims the government makes, there are thousands of children in big cities as well as small towns who never go to school. They ragpickers, beggars, shoe- shine boys and errand boys.
Looking at this scenario, write an article for a magazine ' Education for all is only a dream' in about 200- 250 words.
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Education for all is only a dream
About 70% of India lives in villages and gets educated in rural areas. Small rural areas pose several challenges for students due to a lack of resources and limited learning opportunities. The resource constraints impede the academic stimulation needed for the students' cognitive, intellectual, and social development. Most students need to cover long distances on foot to attend classes without any transportation facility. This situation often demotivates them to attend school regularly. Moreover, students in these villages don’t have access to proper classrooms, playgrounds, and even basic toilets and drinking water facilities. Furthermore, many of these students come from families with meager incomes, which is not enough to feed a family of 4 or 5 people. Therefore, they are asked to assist the family's earning members in making extra income instead of going to school and study.
The effects of poverty on children are wide-reaching and can lead to lifelong struggles, especially when young people don’t receive full educations.
Poverty and education are inextricably linked, because people living in poverty may stop going to school so they can work, which leaves them without the literacy and numeracy skills they need to further their careers. Their children, in turn, are in a similar situation years later, with little income and few options but to leave school and work.
ChildFund aims to help families escape the cycle of poverty through various educational and livelihood programs. Many times, we learn by listening to communities about their specific needs and working to fulfill them.
For example, ChildFund India started a literacy campaign in regions where few households had any books, and because most homes didn’t have electrical power, ChildFund India distributed nearly 40,000 solar-powered lamps so children could read at night time.