Unseen Comprehension-25 Alim

The role of education 

শিক্ষার ভূমিকা।

In order to know whether a nation is rich or poor, developed or underdeveloped, one does not need to count the number of its palatial buildings and monuments or the number of those people who enjoy a high standard of living. It is enough to count the number of its literate people. The rate of literacy or illiteracy in a country determines whether it is rich or poor, developed or underdeveloped. The higher rate of illiteracy in a country, the greater will be the extent of poverty and backwardness. Illiteracy is a curse. It is the root cause of ignorance which frustrates all development programmes  of the government and the community. No development efforts can succeed unless illiteracy is eradicated. Eradication of illiteracy in a country like Bangladesh with so vast a population is undoubtedly a gigantic task. No individual, community or organization, not even government is capable of solving this huge problem single handed. It is the social responsibility of all the literate people, men and women to make some concerted efforts to remove illiteracy from the society.