International Literacy Day is celebrated on 8 September in the world. Education is very important in the present era. Planning of any program is not possible without education. Education is an essential part of our life. The government is running various schemes to make every person literate by running Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan. A person getting educated is his own development, while a girl can improve the whole house by getting educated. Only when every citizen of the country is literate, the country will be able to progress. [1]
Literacy does not only mean reading and writing but it is a subject related to respect, opportunity and development. In the world, education and knowledge are essential means to live a better life. Today illiteracy is a big obstacle in the progress of the country. Due to its curse, the poor are becoming poorer.
The main objective of Literacy Day is to encourage the newly literate. International Literacy Day is an important day for us because education is very important in our lives. In our country, female literacy is less than that of men. We have to take a pledge today that everyone should become literate, no one should remain illiterate. We have to drive away illiteracy from our place.
India’s educational history is very rich. In ancient times, education was imparted orally by sages and saints. Education began to spread in written form on Bhoj Patra and tree barks after the development of alphabet. Due to this, written literature began to develop and spread in India. Education in the country became available to the common people along with the spread of Buddhism. The establishment of world-famous educational institutions like Nalanda, Vikramshila and Takshila played an important role in the spread of education. Literacy is a great need to develop professional skills in people.
With the arrival of the British in India, European missionaries propagated English education. Since then, the western system has spread continuously in India. At present, there are many universities and thousands of colleges affiliated to them for teaching all subjects in India. India has made its place among the leading countries of the world providing high quality higher education.