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MASS EDUCATION

Introduction: Education is the backbone of a nation. No nation can prosper without education. A nation's development depends on the achievements of education. The developed countries have 99% to 100% percent educated people, whereas our percentage is very meagre in comparison to them. Illiteracy is a serious problem for the overall development of the country. So the necessity of mass education programme arises in Bangladesh.

What is Mass Education: By mass education we mean education of the illiterate mass of our country. This programme aims at imparting knowledge of letters to the illiterate with a view to making them conscious and responsible citizens capable of reading, writing and doing simple calculations. It is mass education that makes people what is right and what is wrong and makes them conscious of their rights and duties.

Causes of Illiteracy: About 85% people in Bangladesh live below the poverty level. They are more than poor. Their pressure of poverty keep them busy to earn their livelihood. They cannot think the importance of education. Their children grow up without basic knowledge of reading and writing. They become ignorant of their duties and responsibilities for themselves and for the welfare of the state. Moreover, illiterate people become superstitious. It creates social vices. As a result, it creates so many hurdles against all round progress and prosperity of the country.

Necessity of Mass education: A nation with illiterate masses cannot utilise the benefits of modern science and technology. The illiterate

people do not know how to cultivate land by scientific method. The rules of health and sanitation are unknown to them. They are ignorant of the gravity of population explosion. To make the people responsible citizens and the country prosperous and capable of maintaining sovereignty, mass education is a must. Mass education can help people understand the right and wrong ways of life. It brings about a change in the society. It paves the way of national progress and prosperity. Ignorant people being literate can act wisely in the field of agriculture and industry. They can follow the rules of good health and peaceful life. Mass education helps people to adopt family planning. It is for all these that mass education is most necessary in Bangladesh.

Steps taken by the government:  Many steps have been already taken by the former government of Bangladesh. The first phase of the revolution aimed at the attainment of self-sufficiency in food and the second phase at educating the mass within the shortest possible time. Mass literacy was included in the syllabus of S.S.0 and H.S.0 Examinations. National information media took extensive programmes in respect of mass education. Primary education has been made compulsory. Adult Education Programmes are conducted on TV on a regular basis. Night schools are working to teach people who can come to class after the day's work. The present Government is also conscious of the problem of mass illiteracy and is making sincere efforts to overcome this problem. The NGO's are also working on spreading education among the adults.

Steps should be taken: However, the mass literacy campaign should be further strengthened. Opening of a night school at every village should be made compulsory. Attendance of the illiterate in night schools should be made obligatory. Every educated man and woman should attend in this programme. Expenditure in this purpose is to be borne by the proper authority. Adults, those are engaged in education and motivated to learn. Village boys and girls are to be encouraged by reward for the best performances. Teachers of schools, colleges and universities and the students thereof, should be organised in batches during the long vacation, to educate the illiterate mass. In this way, mass education is to be popularized and made fruitful in educating the people of our country.

Conclusion: The progress of the country is impossible without mass education. When illiteracy will be uprooted, nation will march ahead with all round progress and prosperity. Maintenance of law and order will be easy. Agriculture and industry will flourish. Then we shall be able to materialise the dream of the martyrs to make our country a land of light, of knowledge, of happiness and prosperity.

MASS LITERACY AND HOW TO MAKE IT SUCCESSFUL

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In this age of science and progress 44% of the people of Bangladesh are still illiterate. Such a vast section of the people cannot keep pace with modem change and progress. That is why adult education is quite essential in Bangladesh. Education is necessary for every nation. No nation can prosper without education. Education gives a man knowledge and foresight. It removes the I norance of a man and enables him to distinguish between light and darkness, tetween right and wrong, between legal and illegal. So education is essential for all. The adults have to shoulder the responsibility of the present time. If they do not know about the modern, change and progress, the country cannot make progress.

Most of the V-,ople of Bangladesh are illiterate. The farmers do not know how to follow the modern scientific methods of cultivation. So the yield of crops is very low. Had the cultivators been acquainted with the modem methods of cultivation, they would have been able to increase the yield of crops. So the cultivators of the country should be educated. The educated people of our country should come forward and take up the responsibility of educating the illiterate people. Night is the best time to teach the adults. Both the educated and the uneducated people are free at night. So night schools should be established in large numbers for the spread of adult education in our country.

If every educated person undertakes the responsibility to educate five of his illiterate brethren and sisters and teaches them one hour every night for one year, our country can be easily free from the curse of illiteracy.