Article, Essay on “Role of students in Eradicating Illiteracy” 200 Words Article on current issues for Class 9, 10, 11, 12 Board Exam.

Role of students in Eradicating Illiteracy

According to the census, literacy of a hundred percent or around has been achieved by only a couple of states in India. Illiteracy is found mostly among the old and the deprived sections of society. Students have a crucial role to play in erasing the evil of illiteracy in society.

During summer vacations they can devote a couple of hours to teaching the illiterates in localities or villages near their residence. They can educate the illiterates in life skills, proper hygiene, childcare, and nutrition. Also, they can remove very much the social evils from the minds of illiterates like blind faith in superstitions, religious bigotry, communalism, and narrowmindedness.

Students can stage street plays that reveal the hollowness of various beliefs of the illiterates. They can teach them about the importance of being illiterate. They can access various schemes of the government for their uplift and growth. Best of all, through literacy, the illiterate can be prevented from being cheated by unscrupulous and crafty people. Students’ power can expel illiteracy from our country. They only need to have a strong will and determination to eradicate the menace of illiteracy.