Did you know that only 2 out of 5 women in India can read or write and nearly 40% of Indian girls under 14 do not go to school? Shocking facts right? Globally, 64.9 million girls of primary school age are not in school.

Education is a fundamental human right: Every child is entitled to it. It is critical to our development as individuals and as societies, and it helps pave the way to a successful and productive future. When we ensure that children have access to a rights-based, quality education that is rooted in gender equality, we create a ripple effect of opportunity that impacts generations to come.

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Poor literacy rate among poor is neither reality nor Utopian dream but result of Utopian Governance.

People in search of job obviously to fill their one feet belly migrating from one place to another, most of the people comes from villages and work for construction of roads and buildings, naturally these jobs located far away from cities /schools.

Nature of the job, some times in location A, some times in location B sometimes in different city compel these poor / under privileged children to sit beside the construction site while their parents were busy with their work.

The solution to this problem is by providing permanent job /location to these people or offering boarding facility or by  mobile school facility to enable these children /poor people to avail Education without compromising on their bread and butter  

I believe basic education is a right more sacred and important than Universal franchise. The literacy in India is in itself dismal, then not to speak of the condition of women. This, probably is the underlying cause for the poor literacy among women.

Any society that discriminates on basic values that promote growth, is compromised and so it becomes the responsibility of the Govt to come in and "liberate" them. This is because weak societies means weak leaders in a democratic country.

On the lines of Doctors needing to serve in rural areas for some period in order to earn their degree, people pursuing their BA degree may be required to do "developmental" activities, viz education, govt propaganda etc.

The results of the exercise may be validated by independent NGO''s and certified by local govt authorities.

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