Importance of Adult Education Speech 4

"Respected Teachers and My Dear Students – Heartiest Greetings to all!

I, Mrs. Shalini Avasthi, your Civics Teacher would want to take this opportunity on our Annual Function Day for delivering a speech on the importance of Adult Education. Children, as you all know, that the root cause of evil in this world is illiteracy. It hinders in the way of progress and development of a nation. The darkness of illiteracy engulfs everything and leaves people’s lives dissipated. They fail to realize the significance of their existence and live an animal-like existence. They are not able to understand what exactly they want from their lives and remain contended in living a mechanical life.

I know it is not possible to carry the torch of education everywhere, but in whatever small ways we can help in educating the adults, we should do and try to free them from their lifelong suffering. By educating the adults we can give them a purpose of life and improve their standard of living.

Our Indian Constitution has made universal compulsory education an indispensable part of the state’s directive principle; however very little has been done towards this direction. There are still plenty of opportunities for the children to get educated, but our adults seldom get any platform to polish their skills or gain knowledge so that they can also embark on the path of wisdom.

The problems related with adult education are many. Firstly, the illiterate people are leading a dreadful existence. They are not able to attend the schools. Even attending evening classes is not possible for them because they work day and night to fill their empty stomachs. Therefore, offering adult education in the absence of proper food, clothing and shelter is almost like causing a mockery of their situation. We should try to understand the gravity of the situation. It is Kerala that has been able to uproot the evil of illiteracy from its region. In fact, every other state should try to follow its footsteps and promote adult education proactively everywhere.

But the question that now arises is how adult education can be promoted so that more and more people can benefit out of it? It can be promoted in a number of ways. If every literate person can take out some time to teach the uneducated masses, it will serve a great purpose. Mass campaigns should be run to encourage adult education if not at a global level, then at least at a national level. Its importance can be taught through the medium of radio, television and other medium of instruction. It also becomes the responsibility of the government to create favorable conditions for the adults where they can become a part of the Vocational Education and Training (VET) programs.

The establishment of modern libraries should be facilitated, especially in villages. Village libraries must own a collection of informative or educational books. Latest journals and leaflets should be there in order to spread more awareness amongst the masses. Attaining a 100 percent literacy of the masses is a huge task and everyone must work towards achieving it.

Thank You!
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