Despite greater access to school education, many adults today still cannot read or write. How does this affect them in life? What can government do to help them?

Illiteracy is one of the biggest problems, faced by the society.

Inspite

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In spite

of having an increasing number of primary and secondary schools, many men and women continue to remain illiterate. The primary effect of

this

is they are helpless to live in poor conditions due to lack of proper job.

However

,

this

issue cab ne resolved by timely intervention by the

government

which can provide free basic

education

to everyone. It is a known fact that to get a well paid white collar job, an individual should be highly qualified which is not the case in many adults. Due to lack of

education

and proper knowledge they are hired to work as a labour mainly at a construction site and are paid extremely minimal wages. Due to

this

they continue to remain below

poverty line

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the poverty line

and are unable to carve out a better life for themselves or their family.

For example

, India, being one of the fastest growing economies in the world has one of the highest numbers of illiterate young population.

However

, the

government

can help them by providing free basic

education

. The

government

of any country, being the highest decision making authority, can help by making basic

education

compulsory for all.

In other words

, with

such

law the problem will be addressed at grass root level wherein everyone will at least know

basics

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the basics

of reading and writing which can help them in future.

This

could be done by setting up new schools in every village and districts of the country.

Also

, the

government

can collaborate with NGOs wherein these NGOs can conduct classes for

such

men and women and educate them about basic reading and writing which will eventually help them to progress in life.

For instance

, there was a recent news article on an NGO – Hope which conducts

night class

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night classes

a night class

for labourers and provides them basis

education

and

this

in turn is helping the workers immensely. In conclusion,

inspite

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in spite

of improving primary

education

resources the number of uneducated youth continues to remain high and

as a result

of

this

they continue to live in poverty. The onus is on the

government

to provide proper access for

education

to everyone thereby improving the living standards.