Kathait, Jagmohan Singh
(2020)
Tied with a single thread : children, community and teachers.
Learning Curve (7).
pp. 45-48.
ISSN 2582-1644
Abstract
We have often heard this said, ‘पेट में नहीं होगा अन्न
तो पढ़ने में कैसे लगेगा मन’, loosely translated, it means,
‘when the stomach is empty, how will the mind
focus on learning?’ What else do such aphorisms
tell us if not that, surely, survival comes before any
formal schooling? Children from the families whose
primary concern is to quell the hunger in their
stomachs or to look for a livelihood to silence this
hunger are often called ‘first generation learners’
in academic circles. Who knows why they are
called first-generation learners? Perhaps because
schools are considered to be the sole dispensers
of learning. Perhaps because their parents are not
able to deduce that, if their children learn to read
and write now, they will be able to reap the benefits
of their learning in 15-20 years by working in better
and less physically taxing conditions. Who knows if
it is the lack of an ability to think or an effect of it
that prevents one from considering this option? Be
that as it may, the consequence remains the same:
education is always a secondary priority.
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