Postcard campaign

The Right to Education bill has been passed although education groups have been unhappy that many lacunae have been overlooked. It is a good sign that the HRD ministry is seriously considering wide-ranging changes to high school education and higher education. It is also nice to hear the PM say that they want to achieve 100% female literacy within 5 years through their 'Saakshar Bharat Mission'. Even though past history does make one a little cynical about one more political 'mission', we hope that serious efforts are going to be made to achieve success.

In the meantime, we are very concerned that primary education is not being given the urgent priority that it deserves. After all, it is the foundation for every child before they can blossom into a productive adult. So, we are writing postcards to the prime minister and the chief minister requesting and pleading and urging them to focus on making primary education effective.

A sample letter is shown below.

To,
The Prime Minister,
New Delhi

Dear Sir,
 May we congratulate your government for getting the "Right to Education Act" passed. We also congratulate you for planning to set up seven more IIMs. However, the need of the hour is to strengthen primary education as more than 80% of the children in 2nd to 9th standard are NOT reaching minimum levels of learning (MLL) while 87% of children are not reaching college. Let us take care of the paise before we take care of the rupees.

Place:                                                                                                                     Truly,

Date:                                                                                      Address: