Illiteracy in Pakistan

Nadia Brohi
Illiteracy has been described as reading a paragraph of a language with understanding in accordance to the census of Pakistan 1981. The literacy fee is about 45% and the rest of the humans 55% are illiterate according to 1998 census of Pakistan. Those humans who are well-informed in modes of existence are referred to as educated. But illiterate are those who can’t study a paragraph in any language with – understanding. The distinction between literacy and training is clear; In common perception the trained people are those who have received formal education in academic institutions. But surely the educated humans are these who recognize the modes of life. Illiteracy covers the most variety of population in which the higher age team human beings fall. They have crossed the age of 40 and more. There are the humans by and large residing in rural areas and have their rural profession associated to agriculture. With the development of mechanized farming the labor force in rural areas became unemployed and some human beings are transferring to city areas for job. Again these human beings are unemployed in urban areas facing troubles of dwelling and employment. Moreover, these who are literate are unable to get employment due to scarcity of jobs. Illiteracy is the problem when the humans are unable to below stand new policies in agriculture which supply poor yield per acre. Illiterate human beings are frequently acquainted with old strategies of cultivation and sense hesitation in adopting the new ones. Illiteracy is a hassle because the country wide goal may want to warm be attained by using which self-sufficiency in food may want to now not be achieved. Illiteracy is a social problem due to the fact most variety of human beings are in this condition and they are unable to understand the new strategies of social life. They stay at the back of in raising their widespread of living. They are mostly, poor. Illiteracy is a social problem due to the fact such humans are irrational in attitudes and in thoughts they commit such acts which are violation to the policies and legal guidelines of the society. Illiteracy is a social hassle in view of failure in perception the methods of life, the non secular knowledge and values and the common information on social progress. The roles they play in lifestyles except such statistics and understanding are least useful, Impacts of illiteracy are as follows: Low development of resources, Illiteracy minimizes social relations in society which leads to much less improvement of resources, Barrier to Social Change, illiteracy is itself a barrier in the social development among people for better standard. Illiteracy itself is hurdle in appreciation techniques for development and progress, Low Prestige an illiterate person is given less status whilst sitting with different people. He is given only a labor work and no longer allowed to take a seat on desk, and chair in offices. He is regarded to be at low type in society with the aid of the educated human beings because he is poor and illiterate. Deprivation from Recreations, Illiteracy creates deprivation among human beings to experience recreations of the society. Illiterate man or woman is unable to read books, magazine, articles, and different analyzing materials. He cannot participate in boards and platforms of educated people. Abnormal mind-set and dealing ,Illiterate people are unable to deal with the social situations in a better way. In such form of situation, their mindset is peculiar and some times deviant too. vi. Backwardness: Illiteracy cerates backwardness amongst the people. Illiterates are unable to understand and its solution. Poverty there Is a relationship between level of academic attainment and income. Generally speaking, it is proper that the greater you teach the greater you so earn illiteracy create poverty. Solution of illiteracy Awareness about Problem, To bring these illiterate human beings into the lines of progress, development and change it is imperative to aware them about problems and consequences of illiteracy as their problem.They should be supplied data thru mass media of verbal exchange and customary social contact with the trained people about influences of illiteracy. ii: Attitude Change: Illiterate people can be drained into channel of innovative people with mindset exchange through showing movies, lectures with the aid of officers and applications of literacy on radio and television. These people can be given incentive of prize, if they take classes of literacy in the union council offices or schools of the Village. Literacy Programs The literacy application includes instructing the primary Subject i the language of the people, English, Urdu or whatever they like. This work can be accomplished via other educated younger men of the rural area on voluntary basis. The constructing is reachable as school, hospital, office and even the Mosque of the area. Free Educational Items those humans who attend to this literacy application can be furnished stationary and books free of cost. The time of teaching and mastering can be constant in the night of the completion of their work. Four to six weeks instructing is enough to make them literate as to study and write the simple matters of their need. This can be persevered up to another two to three weeks at their houses on their interest.