Education: A tool for social development
“Learning gives creativity, Creativity leads to thinking, Thinking provides knowledge, and Knowledge makes you great.” A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Education is the best tool for social development. Education is important not only for development of one's personality, but also for the sustained growth of any society. It is the foundation on which the development of every citizen and nation depends. Government of India has launched many programmes to promote the basic education and eradicate illiteracy. India is the seventh largest country in world in term of area and second largest in terms of population but in India most of the people are not able to read and write. A person aged seven and above, who can both read and write with understanding of any language, is treated as literate. As per 2011 Census, the overall literacy rate of India is 74.04%. The difference between the highest and the lowest literacy...