<i>Education </i>
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We are creating storm in a teacup every now and then on different issues. Like we are familiar with Abject Poverty, Ill health, No housing, Very Poor Infrastructure, Low Level of Education and now Terrorism! In connection with alleviating the above malaise, we have taken so many measures and plans, nationally and with international help. Apparently we do not get the desired or promised results. But every time the oppressed and the marginalised get EMPTY PROMISES from all quarters. I strongly believe that the RIGHT measure is not being taken somewhat intentionally! Now this expression is sure to raise brows and fears and mistrust, even drop many jaws. Indeed it is supposed to. Because we are always getting carried away and missing the whole point. The truth is that all this is happening because of lack of quality education. If there is adversity in my life and I intend to turn around, then only education can get me thinking out of the box and only then I can look into other alternatives and work on improving my destiny, work on plan B. So, strange it might seem, only quality education can get us and all LDCs come out of this POVERTY. For example, the tea, cocoa, sugarcane and coffee growers and the miners do not get their actual wages and cannot therefore improve their lives, and remain just that, enough to only sustain, and get back for the back-breaking work tomorrow to produce more for the consumers in the affluent societies. Those societies know well that if those growers and producers get educated they will demand more wages and bargain, and understand their value and so their product will not be cheaper anymore. They can no longer be exploited! Hence some cries and crocodile tears of the consumers are simply a pat on the back to get back to work for them to produce more. They never invest in the education of the LDCs! They want the LDCs to remain what they are. Again, no one is going to give us the panacea; we are to look for it with introspection. If there is education, we can elect the best candidate by good decision making. The elected candidate can help formulate better laws for good governance and the results are expected to be desired and improved. We can safely conclude that, do not enter into blame game, take charge of our own destiny and long it might take though, the truth remains in getting quality education. I request the next government to allocate more on education and MANAGE better through sincere reforms, please. We are bound to see the difference in the next ten years. Terrorism will die its deserving death.
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