Dialogue on How to Eradicate Illiteracy from Our Country
Context: A structured, communicative dialogue between Farhan and Jamil.
Farhan:
Jamil, did you know that despite significant progress, millions of citizens in our country are still unable to read and write?
Jamil:
Yes, Farhan. Illiteracy is the greatest curse holding back our national development. An illiterate person is like a blind individual living in the dark.
Farhan:
They cannot read medical instructions, sign legal documents, or understand modern agricultural techniques, leaving them vulnerable to fraud and exploitation.
Jamil:
No nation can eradicate poverty, malnutrition, or disease without universal literacy.
Farhan:
What concrete steps should be undertaken to eliminate this curse?
Jamil:
The government must ensure free, compulsory primary education for every child, especially in remote char areas and tea gardens.
Farhan:
What about the elderly who never had the chance to attend school?
Jamil:
We should establish adult literacy night schools in every village. Educated college and university students can volunteer two hours a week to teach basic reading, writing, and arithmetic.
Farhan:
Each one, teach one! If every literate youth educates just one illiterate person, the darkness of illiteracy will be wiped out within a decade.
Jamil:
Let us pledge to start with our domestic helpers and neighborhood workers today.