National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences

(Islamabad Campus)
Department of Computer Science

ENGLISH COMPOSITION
AND
COMPREHENSION (SS 150)

ASSIGNMENT # 3
Assignment Title:
Essay Writing

SUBMITTED BY: Aitzaz Ahmad

ROLL NO : 18I-0589

SECTION: G

SUBMITTED TO: Mam Rafia Raza

Date of Submission:- 14th November 2018

 Illiteracy in Pakistan

Illiteracy is one of those things which can become the cause of destruction of any
nation. Illiteracy means inability of a person to read and write. If we talk about
Pakistan, it is also suffering from this very serious issue. According to the survey of
year 2016-17 the illiteracy rate in Pakistan is 42%. Due to such a high illiteracy
rate, Pakistan is an under-developed country even after 70 years of its
independence. If the population of any country is illiterate in a bigger percentage,
then those people are unable to take a right decision due to which they cannot
put their efforts in a right direction despite of wanting to do so. It may result in
economical, social and political instability which we have seen in Pakistan too
many times. So, if we want to show the importance of literacy as a nation we can
say the following quote of our National Hero Muhammad Ali Jinnah:

“Education is a matter of life and death for Pakistan.”

Like every other problem in the world, illiteracy also has certain causes. Poverty is
the first cause in this regard. Due to financial pressure, many of the families are
unable to send their children to schools because they hardly make their both ends
meet. Therefore, despite of wanting to get education they can’t do so. The second
cause is the feudal system. In many undeveloped areas of Pakistan, whole control
is under a few powerful persons who don’t want people to get educated because
in that way they will get mature and they will ask for their rights. Hence in order
to maintain the power of few persons, future of thousands of people is ruined.
One other important cause is the negative concepts about education which can
be removed only through education. In many areas people think that getting
education is useless and especially the girls shouldn’t be allowed to get education
in any case. Therefore neither they get education nor let others to be educated.

This serious issue of illiteracy has very deep and negative effects on the social
and economical fields of a nation. If the people of a country are illiterate on a
large scale then they can easily be used by the enemies of that nation because
such people are unable to differentiate between right and wrong. The terrorism
which Pakistan was facing a few years ago can be outcome of the same problem.
Moreover if the people are illiterate, they really can’t perform their rights and
duties which disturbs the whole cycle of social life of any society. The most big
and main effect is that in such a society people can’t get recognized with their
abilities and talent due to which the nation can’t get progressed.

We know that every problem has some solutions so there are solutions to solve
this problem also. Firstly the government should make every person strong
enough in financial life so that he can enjoy all the facilities equally. In this way
the hurdle of poverty in getting education will be automatically vanished.
Moreover the government should take steps to encourage education and it
should try to vanish negative concepts regarding education. The government
should also take immediate steps to remove feudal system.

Illiteracy is such type of matter which can destroy the future of whole nation if
took unnoticed but it can be resolved too through unity, determination and
strong faith. The government of Pakistan is already well aware of their
responsibility and has taken a lot of initiatives to encourage the education. In
order to make a healthy environment for education we should contribute to this
cause in individual aspects too so that our nation could progress and stand among
the developed countries of the world.

As Nelson Mandela said:

“Education is the most powerful weapon that you can use to change the world.”