PM'S ADDRESS : MY VERSION

I have often referred the 11^th five year plan as an educational plan. During this period the government had insightfully formulated an elementary education policy, ensuring all the children of our country getting free and compulsory education till the age of 14. The right to education act thus conceived, entitles all children with the right to get educated. But during the implementation of this Act, insights have been drawn which made us empower the rural and underprivileged students through monitory and material support, to get access to their rights.

Newly formed Central Universities have also aided well to improve the higher educational sector. The Government has also found an acute lack of literacy among its citizen to understand the need for why our children must be educated. More emphasis is being given to imparting such awareness to the parents. We are hopeful that in due course of time notable results will emerge from these policies which will serve a concrete platform for further innovation and updating in the sector. The 12^th Five year plan, soon to commence gives ample priority to health care but also judiciously emphasizes education at the to continue all the reformative policies conceived in the past seven years. As a part of this effort the government is all set to pass an Act which makes higher education free and compulsory for all children in the country.

The new Indian generation who compete with the world in its technical excellence need great support from the government. Our educational policies should be updated to cardinally incorporate vocational and technical training from the elementary level onwards. Teachers should also take up this challenge by empowering themselves with the tools that IT sector provides to train students better. In short we have begun a revolution, which this government will take forward to success.  

Literature and Life

Literacy

The term literacy denotes the ability to read and write. But it connotes a lot.

Even those who knows reading and writing may be illiterate in so many other ways. In our times those who do not know the basic operations of the computer and internet are illiterates !

A person becomes  computer literate when he is able to use his knowledge on computer. But we do not use this simple logic when we speak about literacy in the general sense.

We say somebody is literate when s/he has preliminary education or s/he has a graduation,etc. We never think whether s/he is able to use this knowledge or not.

  The horizon of knowledge has been expanding and those who are educated are not updating their knowledge. Then can we still call them as literates/graduates/masters,etc? Can we call a person who only knows DOS but not Windows a computer literate? Certainly not? This is the same with any other subject. This is one thing about Literacy/Education.

What Will I Do With My Literacy / Education.

First of all I need a job. If it is suitable to my tastes then it will be great. I would like to use my skills(which I learned or perfected through education) to produce something new. Also I want to use my skills for the good of the society. 

    When I was working as a teacher, I always tried to produce something new. Either from the efforts of the students or by me myself. It is the only way I get satisfaction. It is not mere money that can give us happiness. Even if we have all the money, we may not be happy. Because to be happy, we need something more; other than money.

        I am not a poet or artist. But I have the same feelings of a poet. But how can I express my feelings? Since I cannot write poems, what will I do? One thing I can do is to create something artistic which may be as poetic as a poem. This is possible because we have modern technology. 

While I was teaching, I used to make powerpoint  presentations and other materials. This may seem simple. But it is not so.

I download pictures, music and write words then create this. It takes a lot of effort. It gives us a lot of  pleasure  also. We need a lot of reading. And a lot more imagination..

One thing I noted about this is that this is a form of self expression.

So when I was offered the course  - Writing for Life - I was delighted much. I hope I can progress in this.