Challenge FOR ERADICATION OF ILLITERACY

Only criticizing the government, its administrative system, financial policies, style of functioning or execution of schemes or talking about Ghotalas, Boforses or Tahelkas of different departments along with Education, is not going to achieve the goal of Basic Education to all, including SMB-s.And also, putting forward a theory for eradication of poverty-or for that purpose illiteracy-but not accepting the offer to take charge and practically execute it and show results, is an exercise in mental luxury. Inspite of the fact that some Asian countries, during the last fifty years have successfully achieved a much higher percentage of literacy than ours, we are continuously depending heavily on World Bank loan.

So instead of commenting adversely about any system, organization, government, political party or individual, I Jitendra Kumar Tripathi, secretary Manoyoga, along with my associates with practical experience of providing Basic Education to have-nots on large scale, as referred to in short in the fore-going pages of this book, with full sense of responsibility and gravity as well as the magnitude of the problem of illiteracy, submit the following proposal to the World Bank, UNESCO, Government of India ,Government of Uttar-Pradesh and other such organizations that may be interested in eradication of illiteracy in  Uttar-Pradesh :

Manoyoga offers:

To under-take and fulfill :
The work of eradication of illiteracy in its   area of influence in few districts of Uttar-Pradesh, particularly amongst the children not going to Basic Shiksha Parishad schools or any other such scheme of Government and

For that purpose:

To deposit Rs.2 lakh (Rs.Two lakh only) in the form of F.D.R. securities, with two retired I.C.S./I.A.S. officers of Uttar-Pradesh, well known for their integrity,

with the assurance that,

If the above commitment is not   fulfilled, these two senior citizens will confiscate the above mentioned amount, hand it over to the government of U.P. or to any other organization, as they may think fit and just,

Provided that:

The government of U.P. or any other organization makes available to Manoyoga,

(1) The Block-wise list of children not going to Primary school or any other center of any type of education of some other agency of government and,
(2) School-wise, serial number-wise list of Register/attendance register and the list of drop- outs,
(3) Class-wise syllabus with the time schedule,

With the condition that:
(1) Mid-day meal, books, stationery, Teaching- aids, furniture or accommodation will neither be provided by the government or its agencies, nor shall be accepted by Manoyoga,
(2) Beneficiaries of mid-day meal, Dalia Etc, and the applicants- recipients of Any scholarship or grant- in- aid from the government shall not be entitled for admission to Manoyoga-s programme of removal of illiteracy,
(3) The yearly examination of the Children / students of Manoyoga, under this programme shall be conducted as per syllabus of the Basic Shiksha Parishad, under the supervision of a team including members of Manoyoga, representative of the organization funding the programme and an officer of the Education department, if made available,
(4) Manoyoga shall be entitled to send its Representative for participation in   conducting the examinations at the centers of Basic Shiksha Parishad schools,
(5) No government servant or the servant of the Basic Shiksha Parishad or any agency associated with them or their teacher shall be permitted to visit or inspect the teaching center of Manoyoga or contact or seek or try to seek information from the teaching or administrative set-up of the Manoyoga or student or the guardian, except with the prior written approval of Manoyoga

And further:
(1) After the yearly examination, class- wise, school- wise open- oral- competitive examination between Manoyoga and the near- by Basic Shiksha Parishad schools as well as individual students shall be held in public, and students- schools found worthy shall be suitable rewarded but
(2) The number and percentage of drop- outs, particularly girls shall be given very high negative weight age in judging theprogramme and
(3) If in the opinion of the officers mentioned above, the result or the performance of Manoyoga students is found inferior to that of the Basic Shiksha Parishad, the amount deposited by Manoyoga shall be confiscated.

The audited account of the amount made available by any individual or organization or the Government to Manoyoga according to the number of students at the rate of per student expenditure of the government for running its programme, shall be submitted to the donor.

(Jitendra Kumar Tripathi)           
Secretary, Manoyoga.           
C-24,J. Road, Mahanagar Ext. Lucknow. 

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