Roll # 14-10332
ENG 103
Poverty & Illiteracy
Poverty and illiteracy are closely connected. Poverty and Illiteracy are indeed like
the curse on human race. Poverty and Illiteracy is the main cause of child labour.
Illiterate People don’t have awareness of family planning. In rural areas schools are
without proper furniture and building and sometimes schools are there but there is
not teacher. Some religious people do not allow the education of girls except
religious education. Financial crises lead to an immediate rise in the suicide rate
and crime (Laster & Young 1947). A major cause of illiteracy is the economic
condition of the people cannot afford to go to school and most of the children are
put to work at a young age. The effects of Poverty and illiteracy are harmful to
both individuals and society. Poverty is the deprivation of food, shelter,
money and clothing that when occurs people cannot satisfy their basic needs. It is
safe to state that children who live at or below the poverty level will have far less
success educationally them children who live above the poverty line. The state of
being illiterate, lack of any or enough education. The main cause of illiteracy is
poverty. The lack of reading ability in people they do not read medicinal directions
or health related prescription labels. Poverty and child labour are closely related.
People are poor and have large families, the are forced to send their child to work.
People living in slums and villages and cannot send their children to school. The
thought that getting job is more important than learning in school. Lack of
educational facilities is also a major factor illiterates people believe that more the
bread earners they will have. These people cannot afford to educate their children
and up working at a small age. Pakistan has a population of 160 million about 40
percent of its population live below or close to