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| Lakshyam NGO |
One of the most important factors in the growth and development of children is education. Systematic learning enhances the capabilities of a child and enabled him to prepare for a better and brighter future. It a bridge connecting children with their dreams. This is why schools are important, a school is like a temple of learning, shaping kids into well informed human beings that have the ability to think, process, learn, and develop values.
Although the literacy rate in India has gone up, with Tripura being in the lead with a whopping 94.65%, while Bihar the least literate state in India only has a literacy rate of 63.80%. According to a report by UNESCO in 2014, India has the highest percentage of illiterate adults in the world. While there has been a sevenfold increment since independence, we still have a long way to go.
In 1947, the literacy rate in India was only 12%. Also centuries of being slaves to the British had left India in a state of abject poverty and zero governance. There are numerous causes of illiteracy in this country for example poverty, inadequate school facilities,lack of proper education, parents with little or no conceplt of education, huge family sizes, deep rooted patriarchy complelling girls to stay at home and so on.
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| Free School under a Metro Rail Bridge |
Lack of quality education in India is a serious hindrance to its growth. In a country with one of the highest youth population in the world,there are still millions of children with no access to education. This often forces children to indulge into petty thefts and crime to survive and as a means to earn money.
Government has taken various steps to spread education to rural people in remote areas. One of them is the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan. It involves making education free and compulsory for all children between the ages 6 to 14. Padhe Bharat Padhe is a sub programme of the Abhiyan, designed to improve comprehensive early reading, writing, and enhancing mathematical skills of children. The Indian government has also taken many steps to improve the quality of higher education across the country such as opening up of new Indian Institutes of Technology and Indian Institutes of Management.
Despite all these measures, according to Census 2011, around 99 million children have dropped out of school. This is a harrowing account of the dismal state of education among the poor which needs urgent attention. The poor need to be made aware that the only way out of their desperate poverty stricken state is by educating their kids and by sending them to school and the government also needs to work towards improving the quality of education offered in government schools so that the children are motivated to stay in school and study.
There are several NGO’s in the country that are tirelessly working towards providing the disadvantaged children with the means to get education by opening up schools specifically meant for them, funding their school fees, getting them admitted into good schools, campaigning to make poor families aware of the benefits of a good education etc..
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| Lakshyam NGO School |
Laksyam NGO has been doing its bit to make sure that children from poor families have a chance at being educated and leading a crime free and successful life. Lakshyam has opened up various centers and has been running successful volunteering programs all over India to help in teaching the children and getting them admitted into private schools.
