Importance of Elementary Education:
Education is the process of bringing out the best human qualities that lie within a person. Education helps in identifying, shaping and sharpening the various aptitudes required for the healthy growing up of the child. A major part of the world population is illiterate. The evil effects of illiteracy are not unknown. Not only for the individual and familial well being but the whole nations collective wellbeing depends on the literacy level and the level of education. Elementary Education includes the achievement of basic literacy and numeracy among all students. This also involves laying foundations in science, geography, history and social sciences. It is the first stage of education that is compulsory. Elementary education is compulsory for children in most of the countries. With elementary education a child develops the basic skills of reading, writing, calculating and basic comprehension of day today events. It is the responsibility of the government and responsible citizens to ensure elementary education for all children. The role of education sponsors is great in achieving this goal.
The Problem of Poverty:
We know the importance of elementary education. But even this basic requirement of elementary education is not affordable for all. Millions of people in the world do not have their basic necessities met. Food, shelter and clothing are not available for many then where will they find means for giving elementary education for their children? Poverty is usually coupled by ill health, unhealthy lifestyles, vulnerability to antisocial and anti national activities, social unrests and imbalanced state administration. Many nations have managed to abolish poverty by abolishing poor from the visible world! Other nations just don’t care about the poor who can’t afford a decent living and the means for elementary education. The affluent can invest in education keeping in mind those sections of people who need elementary education sponsors.
Elementary Education Sponsor: It is now well known that it is not wise to wait for the government to come down to earth and provide for the deprived section of the people’s survival, leave alone elementary education. There is no doubt that governments have take lots of efforts to bring literacy to all, but unfortunately it does not reach them in the right time. The role of NGOs and NPOs play a great role here. They should make proposals to the governments and take government schemes to them and help them achieve elementary education in the right time. In some states the State Board of Education itself sponsors the education of the special group of children. They should approach benefactors, sponsors, and philanthropists and coax them to sponsor a whole school that educates underprovided children or sponsor some children or at least one child. This will greatly contribute to achieving the goal of total elementary education. |
