Ahiyapur (Bihar), Apr.10: Muhammad Ayub, a police inspector in Bihar's Ahiyapur area, is spearheading a literacy campaign among the impoverished.
An officer-in-charge of Ahiyapur police station in Muzaffarpur district, about 70 kilometers from capital Patna, Ayub has been deputed by the state government, to check illiteracy in his area. Ayub's job includes reaching out to every family to see if their wards are going to school. He would ferry them to school in his police vehicle and bring them back. Whenever he sees a small child loitering around, playing or working, he would make sure the child finds its way to the nearby school. Ayub said though it took him time to convince the guardians, eventually his efforts are paying off. "It is little tough to convince people of lower strata to send their wards to school. It will take time to make them change their views, but we are slowly gaining success in our campaign," Ayub said. The children, who spend their time playing of working with their parents, now head to schools at the prodding of Ayub. "Police uncle forced us to join school. We used to spend our days playing for the whole day but now we come to school," said Suraj, a student The parents feel grateful to the initiative by the police and dreams of a brighter future for their children. "My ward used to spend his days playing and loitering around but after being compelled by the police officer he has now joined school," Shiv Kumar Yadav, a guardian. The government of the crime-infested Bihar has asked its police force to promote literacy, besides their primary responsibility of checking crime. Bihar stands way behind the national average of literacy. According to 2001 Census, Bihar had a literacy average of 47.53 per cent against the national average of 65.38 per cent.
An officer-in-charge of Ahiyapur police station in Muzaffarpur district, about 70 kilometers from capital Patna, Ayub has been deputed by the state government, to check illiteracy in his area. Ayub's job includes reaching out to every family to see if their wards are going to school. He would ferry them to school in his police vehicle and bring them back. Whenever he sees a small child loitering around, playing or working, he would make sure the child finds its way to the nearby school. Ayub said though it took him time to convince the guardians, eventually his efforts are paying off. "It is little tough to convince people of lower strata to send their wards to school. It will take time to make them change their views, but we are slowly gaining success in our campaign," Ayub said. The children, who spend their time playing of working with their parents, now head to schools at the prodding of Ayub. "Police uncle forced us to join school. We used to spend our days playing for the whole day but now we come to school," said Suraj, a student The parents feel grateful to the initiative by the police and dreams of a brighter future for their children. "My ward used to spend his days playing and loitering around but after being compelled by the police officer he has now joined school," Shiv Kumar Yadav, a guardian. The government of the crime-infested Bihar has asked its police force to promote literacy, besides their primary responsibility of checking crime. Bihar stands way behind the national average of literacy. According to 2001 Census, Bihar had a literacy average of 47.53 per cent against the national average of 65.38 per cent.
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