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Education - A Weapon

“ Education is the key to unlocking the world, passport to freedom”                                                     Oprah Winfrey What separates humans from animals is the ability of humans to write, read, learn and teach . This centuries-old accrued knowledge is called “ education ”, which makes humans the smartest creatures on the planet earth.  The basic measurement for education is called the rate of ‘literacy’. The global adult literacy rate is 86%. 75%of the world’s illiterate population lives in South Asia,West Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. Women account for two -  third so fall the illiterate adults of the world.The literacy rate of India is 77.7%(2017-18). In  the modern world, the meaning of ‘education’ is structured knowledge of our society in various disciplines – history, mathematics, polity, economics, various streams of science and arts, craftsmanship. Education is the tool that helps us choose right from wrong, good from bad and ethical from unethical. A

Kerala- Natural Beauty

  K erala, a place of natural beauty known as natural capital-  is a state on the southwestern  Malabar Coast  of  India - is gradually losing its value because of the regular calamities like landslides and floods. The state is full of different biodiversity of Flora and fauna. Many incidents of disasters witnessed in Kerala which is still continuing in this year due to human intervention on tha land of people with one of highest literacy rates all over India. Several incidents of unprecedented floods and cases of landslides were seen which is common now for the people as it arrives every year. Landslide refers as the movement of a mass of rock,debris or earth down a slope. Landslides are a type of mass wasting which denotes any down slope movement of soil and rock under the direct influence of gravity. The reason behind it, slow weathering of rocks as well as soil erosion, earthquake and volcanic activities. Reason  Human exploitation of natural resources does not come to end. Cutting

COMMENDABLE steps towards Daughters

 " A daughter remains a loving daughter throughout life ." On 11th August 2020, a landmark judgement came by the Supreme court. A wonderful amendment has been done in the Hindu succession Act,that after the death of father, the property of father will be divided equally among the sons. Then by the 2005 act, it was ruled that the property will be equally divided among sons, daughters and mother. Key points----- 1. It ruled that a Hindu woman's right to be a joint heir to the ancestral property is by birth. 2. Joint - heirship is by birth, so the father doesn't need to be living as on 9th September 2005, when the Hindu succession Act was enacted. 3. The Sc expended and promoted the amendments done in 2005 which removed the discrimination as contained in Section 6 of the Act. Daughters are equally entitled to equal property rights even if they were born before 2005 or the father died before 2005.  Effects---- 1. Pending matters due to this judgement will get disposed wi

National Education Policy 2020

National Education Policy 2020  announced by the Minister of Human Resources Development ( MHRD ) and approved by the union cabinet on 29 july 2020.  The policy came after 34 years and renamed it as Ministry of Education, -replace the 34 year old National Education policy (NEP) 1986-  only the third major revamp of the framework of Education. The aim of this policy is transformational  reforms in schools and higher education systems in the country. In this policy approx 2,00,000 suggestions were taken. It was constituted under the chairmanship of eminent scientists Dr. K Kasturirangan  - Presently chancellor of Central university of Rajasthan and NIIT university- with the purpose of universalization of Education.  " India   a global knowledge   superpower " Highlights ----- School Education  The current policy 10+2 is replaced by 5+3+3+4 curricular structure corresponding to ages 3-8, 8-11, 11-14 and 14-18 years respectively.  Emphasis on foundational Literacy and Numeracy. N