We have miles to go to reach the target of achieving cent per cent enrolment of children in schools and ensuring them quality education (“Going back to the basics”, October 26). Millions of underprivileged children are attending school on an empty stomach out of compulsion. Their problem is compounded when they are forced to read tomes of inert facts, taxing them. Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen has laid stress on education and health being the priority areas. Unfortunately our society appears to pay more attention to extravaganzas rather than promoting the welfare of the future citizenry.
A. Panneerselvam,
Puducherry
