Katrathai Koduppom 2008

“fw;wijf; nfhLg;Nghk;” – fpuhkGw fy;tp Nkk;ghl;Lf;fhd nray; jpl;lk; tlkiyahd; kUj;Jtkidapy; Jtf;f tpoh

           fpuhkGw kf;fspd;> Kf;fpakhf ,isQh;fspd; fy;tp juj;ij Nkk;gLj;Jtjpy; fpuhkGw E}yfq;fs; kpf Kf;fpa gq;F tfpf;fpd;wd.  Mdhy; ,e;E}yfq;fspy; cs;s Gj;jfq;fspd; vz;zpf;if nrhw;gkhf ,Ug;gjdhy;> ,e;E}yfq;fspdhy; gad; ngWk; kf;fspd; vz;zpf;ifAk; FiwthfNt cs;sJ.  ,e;epiyiaf; fUj;jpy; nfhz;L tlkiyahd; ,iz kUj;Jt mwptpay; fy;Y}hp “fw;wij nfhLg;Nghk;” vd;w jpl;lj;ij cUthf;fpaJ.  ,j;jpl;lj;jpd; Nehf;fk; fpuhkGw E}yfq;fspy; cs;s Gj;jfq;fspd; vz;zpf;ifia mjpfg;gLj;JtjhFk;.  tlkiyahd;; ,d;];l;bA+l;bd; Mrphpah;fSk; khzt khztpah;fSk; kJiu khefh; kf;fspd; ,y;yq;fSf;F nrd;W mth;fs; fw;W Kbj;j> jukhd E}y;fis ed;nfhilahf ngWth;.  gpd;G mtw;iw ed;F juk; gphpj;J> fpuhkGw E}yfq;fSf;F jhdkhf mspg;gh;.

 ,e;j r%f eyj;jpl;ljpd; Jtf;f tpoh 05-05-2008 md;W fhiy 10.30 kzpf;F tlkiyahd; kUj;Jtkidapy; ele;NjwpaJ.  “fw;wijf; nfhLg;Nghk;” jpl;lj;ij tlkiyahd; kUj;Jtkidapd; eph;thf ,af;Fdh; lhf;lh; t. Gfofphp mth;fs; jiyik jhq;fp Jtf;fp itj;jhh;.  mth; jk; ciuapy; ,j;jpl;lj;jpdhy; fpuhkGw E}yfq;fspd; juk; Nkk;gLk; vdTk;> kJiu khefh; kf;fs; ,j;jpl;lj;jpd; Nehf;fj;ij Ghpe;J KOxj;Jiog;G toq;fp ,jid ntw;wp ngw itf;f Ntz;Lk; vd;Wk;   Nfl;Lf;  nfhz;lhh;.  tlkiyahd;  ,d;];l;bA+l; fy;Y}hp Kjy;th; jpU. jp. n[auh[Nrfh; tuNtw;Giu epfo;j;jp ,j;jpl;lj;jpd; nray;ghl;bid kpf EZf;fkhf vLj;Jiuj;jhh;.     ,e;epfo;r;rpapy; tlkiyahd; ,d;];l;bA+bd; Mrphpah;fs;> khzt khztpah;fs; kw;Wk; tlkiyahd; kUj;Jtkid Copah;fs; cs;spl;l gyh; fye;J nfhz;ldh;.

KATTRATHAI KODUPPOM INAUGURATION

            Education is one of the most powerful weapons in the fight against rural poverty and sustainable development. Unfortunately, this is also among the most neglected aspects of rural development interventions by national governments and by donors. It is widely acknowledged that farmers, with basic education, are more likely to adopt new technology, and become more productive. With basic education they are better equipped to make more informed decisions for their lives and for their communities and to be active participants in promoting economic, social and cultural dimension of development. It is equally accepted that excess rural labor has to find work outside the farm, whether in rural or urban settings, and that, without basic literacy and numeracy, individuals are unlikely to be hired for anything more than basic wage labor. Despite such evidence, illiteracy is much higher in rural than in urban areas. Moreover, although rural children and youth are the farmers of the future and most of them start farming at a very early age, their access to education in rural areas is still much lower than in urban area and the quality of their education is poorer and often irrelevant to their lives.

                For this reason Vadamalayan Institute of Paramedical Sciences launched the programme “Kattrathi koduppom” with the objective of collecting the used books from the household of urban Madurai and to provide those collected books to the rural libraries of Madurai District. We identified that rural Government library is playing the vital role in the rural education.