Why is it so? The reason is not too far to

seek. When we teach a man, we teach one person but when we teach a woman, we teach a mother. Mother is child’s most effective and important teacher. So by teaching a woman, we are spreading the light of literacy among one generation. An educated woman is an emancipated woman. She produces children who

are enlightened, healthy and well-groomed. These children of today become citizens of tomorrow. And with such able citizens, the country is bound to progress.

It is a universally acknowledged fact that while man spends less time on his children, a woman, be she working or not, will always find time to look after her children. So she has a greater role to play in shaping child’s personality and moulding his outlook. A child learns maximum from her mother. An educated mother can give right knowledge to her children. She thinks rationally and teaches the same to her children. She can never see her children go uneducated. She will be most insistent upon sending her children to school be it even at the cost of her hobbies, interests or even stomach. This is because she appreciates the importance of education. So with an educated mother, we can safely assume that we have most effective motivator for the spread of education. The so-called ‘Filteration theory’ fits very well into it.

to be continued...