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Every girl and boy in India have the fundamental right to education, one that helps them acquire basic literacy and enjoy learning irrespective of where they come from, however, the quality of education still remains the biggest challenge. Education enables people to live and rebuild their lives with dignity and agency and provides them with knowledge and skills to make important decisions about their life, livelihood, and well-being. Schools are also important centres of community life and important conduits for critical support and information relating to health, nutrition and safety.
Many people in rural areas are unable to get an education even they can’t have the basic education because they don’t have resources or they still think children can also work like parents but if this continues then children wouldn’t be able to stand on par with others. Economic, social status are also one of the reasons for lack of education, the ones who are poor and face poverty blame that for less or no education as they can’t afford that fee. But many rural and low-lying areas have schools set up by municipal corporations and government, so that poor and others who can’t afford them can study there freely or with less fee.
There are many barriers to right education like language barrier, gender disparity, child labour which is mostly seen, no classroom, exclusion of children with disabilities, expenses of education, etc. But there are things which are given to children so that they don’t miss out on education like mid-day meal programmes by the school, scholarships, all the things which are required for a student to learn like books and school accessories are also provided but still, its not that emerged and many are not taking these right as beneficial for themselves.
Now that pandemic is around, many have left studying because parents lost their jobs and due to digital learning many don’t have access to the internet and mobiles phones or devices to take a class.
All children have the right to go to school and learn, regardless of who they are, where they live or how much money their family has. There is an urgent need to provide access with a focus on equity, with special measures to bring in girls, children from disadvantaged groups and those with disabilities into schools.
“ The best way to fight poverty is to empower people through access to quality education”- John Legend.