Importance of Adult Education Speech 1

"Good Morning My Dear Friends – I hope you all are doing well in your lives! Since today is a speech ceremony day the topic that I have chosen for myself is the Importance of Adult Education.

As we all know how much important the adult education is. Not everyone, especially girls, get an opportunity to learn or go for higher studies, but if they do they can realize their dreams and are able to discover the unlimited possibilities associated with their lives. Adult education helps people in becoming more self-sufficient and up-to-date. Many adults who unfortunately remain illiterate consider themselves incapable of learning once they cross their tender age. But we should encourage them and tell them that education has no age limitations. Adult education will not only make them independent, but will also enable them to differentiate between good and bad.

In the previous times, girls were not allowed to attend school as they were only made to do the household work and were married off quite early – as a result of which they were never able to realize their true potential. Sending girls to attend school was considered a taboo because the people believed that it will make them aware of their rights and they will then start retaliating against the oppressive system prevalent in our society. However, it is when various reforms took place during the colonial period for “female education”; the uneducated women realized the importance of education and began sending their daughters to school. Unfortunately, those very illiterate women continued to remain uneducated. It is through adult education that such women get a chance to realize their dream of acquiring knowledge.

During the colonial times, children of several poor peasant families couldn’t get any opportunity to learn because they had to contribute towards their family work. At the time when India gained independence, i.e. in the year 1947, the literacy rate in India was 12.2 percent only and today it has reached somewhere around 74 percent. The statistics clearly indicate that the literacy rate in India is successfully growing, but we cannot afford to overlook the yet another big percentage of adult population which remains illiterate. In today’s complex world and modern democracy like ours, Indian citizens ought to be given the gift of education. They should remain aware about what is happening around, such as corruption and terrorist activities. Therefore, in order to given education to the adults, I believe we must encourage adult education in our society.

Some of the salient features of adult education are given below:

    Some adults lose the ability to exercise their brain due to continual rest, but if they are involved in the learning process, they will not only gain education, but will also use their time constructively.
    Research has shown that older people who are actively engaged in learning do not suffer much from poor memory conditions as education keep their mind active.
    If adults remain busy in some constructive activity, like adult education they will remain happy and positive.

Thus, adult education should be given due prominence and more and more people should come to the forefront in educating the adults.

Thank You!
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