EachOneTeachOne

In the midst of a crowded metropolitan city bustling with rich cars and highly educated people, lives a small boy called ’Chhottu’. Deprived of the basic ability to read and write alphabets and numbers, he is used to being subjugated under a violent man who runs a car garage. Since none from Chottu’s family can read or do minimum calculation they are cheated of a large amount of the promised wages every month. This is the story of Chhottu but it also shows that not every individual in our society is equally privileged. The government policies and laws may promise many rights to the underprivileged children and make attempts to eliminate or reduce disparity, but it is a fact that many children are devoid of the right to education. Our society is quite influential in deciding our satisfaction for life. The way we perceive it makes us feel low or high. Not every individual in our society is equally privileged. We might argue that there are NGO’s, semi-government bodies and many Non profit organizations dedicated for this purpose. The collective power of each contribution from each individual’s insignificant acts is immense and can help fill the gaps in education provided by formal schools. Most underprivileged children either miss school education or attend schools where teachers are under trained. They are mostly constrained by finances in low income households which can hardly manage to earn them bread and shelter. Children of rickshawalas, labourers, maids and other groups on society who do not have access to quality education can be benefited if we are ready to educate them. “Each One Teach One” representatives can have some kind of coordination through meetings to keep a track of the activities going on and having some prominent members like leaders, coordinators and facilitators to enable this. The best thing about such informal systems of education is that they have no legal norms to abide by and can contribute more freely and reach the masses easily. All that is needed is a will to teach combined with initiative taken by the society. Even the underprivileged children or adults to be taught should be taken in confidence and benefits of education understood by them to make them receptive for the purpose. If the educated class devotedly comes out to work for this social cause, we can easily reach our aim of freeing the nation from shackles of illiteracy.