You have noticed that in spite of the Government initiatives and provision made for girl child the actual School enrollment statistics do not show an encouraging scorl write a letter to editor of a national daily expressing your concern about the issue
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Examination Hall
ABC City
18 May 2017
The Editor
The Times of India
Kasturba Gandhi Marg
New Delhi.
Subject: Unsatisfactory Enrolment of Girls
Dear Sir
The constitution of India has provided the Right to Education to every child between the age group six to fourteen. A number of schemes have been introduced and incentives provided to better the condition of girls' enrollment at primary and upper primary levels. Yet, the situation at present is dismal. The number of girls' enrollment, as compared to boys' enrollment is not satisfactory and gender parity in enrollment of girls has remained a far-fetched goal.
The reasons for it may be taboos and stereotypes associated with the girl child. A large part of the population still lives in ignorance and prejudices that force a girl child to confine to the four walls of their house. The government has introduced many programs and policies, various NGOs are doing their bit to improve the condition, but the mindset of people has not changed much even after seventy years of our independence. The only solution lies in bringing awareness and working at war footing to awaken the masses and change their outlook towards gender roles.
I would conclude with a request to the reader to work at war footing to bring about the change in our society as girls' education holds key importance in progress of a nation which is clearly evident from the maxim - 'A hand that rocks the cradle, rules the world.' So, empowering girls is the need of the hour.
Thank you
Yours truly
XYZ
Answer:
Wing A, Flat 3,
Belvedere Estate,
Alipore,
Kolkata – 700 027
December 4, 2010.
The Deputy Commissioner,
Kolkata Police (Traffic),
18, Lalbazar Street,
Kolkata – 700 001.
Subject: Chaotic traffic in the area
Respected Sir,
This letter intends to bring to your kind attention the unimaginable harassment that the people are facing around my school, due to the growing instances of traffic jams. We know that the number of vehicles on the roads is on the rise and that there is no proportional increase in the number of roads. So, traffic jams are bound to happen. But I do not intend to disturb you with things that do not have an immediate solution.
It stretches one’s tolerance to the ultimate limit when a difficult situation is aggravated due to the irresponsible behaviour of a few rogue drivers. The Buses and autos on this busy road show an appalling disregard for any kind of traffic law. Buses stopping here and there, autos coming and going through and into every corner and side of the traffic imaginable, drivers getting into an ugly argument on the middle of the road etc., cause havoc for the daily commuter. Also, it's a school zone, so it is even more dangerous for us students who walk in this area.
Auto drivers are presumably above the law for no police officer seems to have the courage of taking them to task because of their strong union. Please do not mind my mentioning the passivity of the police officers posted in the area. Some of the leading newspapers in the area yesterday published photographs of a police officer and a constable smoking (despite the Supreme Court ban) on the Alipore Road even while the traffic was in the doldrums. Need I say more?
It seems that the concerned officers respond to the call of duty only when some minister is using a particular road. I hope you do not construe my helplessness as rudeness.
The most difficult hours during the day are in the morning, when we go to school, and in the evening, when we are returning back home. There are a total of four schools in my area, and this makes the traffic even worse. This is due to the private vehicles that are used to drop us and pick us up from school. I suggest that measures are taken to create an awareness against the usage of private vehicles. Personally, I walk up to school because I live only five minutes away, but, the roads are more dangerous for us pedestrians as there are drivers who try to ride their scooters from every possible space available on the road as well as footpath.
I suggest that a diversion be created along the road that leads to the school, this would make the road a bit safer to walk on. I also suggest that a traffic inspector is assigned to manage the traffic, as the absence of one creates a complete chaos every day on the road.
We have faith in the Police Department and fully understand that there are some dedicated officers who are working day and night to ensure our safety in every sphere. With all due respect to them, I believe that the Police Department needs to pull up its socks to combat the menace of nuisance drivers who aggravate the problem of traffic jams in our city.
Thanking you in anticipation,
Yours sincerely,
Vinay Bora