Illiteracy has been define a reading a paragraph of a language with understanding according to the census of pakistan 1981. The literacy rate is about 45% and the rest of the people about 55% are illiterate according to 1998 census of pakistan. Those people who are well informed in modes of life is called educated. But illiterate are whose who cannot read a paragraph in any language to understand.
But actually the educated people are whose who understand the modes of life.
Ignorance covers the most extreme number of populace in which the higher age bunch individuals fall. They have crossed the age of 40 and that's only the tip of the iceberg. There are individuals for the most part living in country regions and have their rustic calling connected with horticulture. With the progression of motorized cultivating the workforce in rustic regions become jobless and certain individuals are moving to metropolitan regions for work.
Unemployment is the big social problem of pakistan. even that the educated people remains unemployed.
Illiteracy is a problem because the national target could not be attained by which self sufficient in food could not be achieved.
Illiteracy is a problem because maximum number of people are in this condition and they are unable to understand the new technique of social life.
Illiteracy is a social problem because in view of failure in understanding the methods of life, the religions knowledge and value and the general information in social progress.
Causes of Illiteracy
i. Culture:
The most common cause of illiteracy is the culture based on pure agricultural profession in which education is not considered to be a foundation of life.
ii. Agrarian Society:
Most of the people live in rural areas of Pakistan and majority of them are attached with different fields of agriculture.
iii. conservation Approach:
Illiteracy rate is higher among woman than man. It is evident the fact that most of the woman are illiterate in any government or private office.
iv. Illiterate Parents:
Most of the parents arte illiterate that is why they do not like to send their children to school specially the daughters. In urban areas the percentage of illiterate is higher among the woman than man.
v. Genealogical Calling:
One more significant variable is that individuals are connected with these familial calling for an extensive stretch of life and a child is supposed to follow similar expert exercises which his is doing.
vi. Low friendly contacts with urban areas:
One more vital figure lack of education is that individuals of rustic regions have not been in touch with huge metropolitan settlements. social relations with metropolitan life is vital variable for achieving change in their demeanor and activities.
vii. Poor transport:
Moreover transport facilities are not personal which is a hindrance is social changes.
viii. Lack of facilities:
Lack of facilities like industrial, educational and new environment of technology is the most important cause of illiteracy.
ix.. Unemployment:
Another very important fact is that people of rural areas see educated young man are without employment. Then they think that what is the use of educating children to schools and colleges.
x. Poor Communication Facilities:
The social relation with other people, with transportation and telephone are limited that is why change in their attitude and behaviour towards education is limited.
Impacts of illiteracy
Impacts of illiteracy is as follows:
i. Low development
ii. Barrier to social change
iii. Low prestige
iv. Deprivation from recreation
v. Abnormal attitude and dealing
vi. Backwardness
vii. Poverty
viii. Hamper social change
ix. Crime and violence
x. Low quality of life
Solution of Illiteracy
Solution of illiteracy are given below:
i. Awareness about problem
ii. Attitude changes
iii. Literacy progress
iv. Free educational Items
v. Increase the Importance of education
vi. Change the Mindset
2. Population Expansion/Over Population
Populace extension is a social issue of the entire world. World population is expanding at the rate of about 2.6% annually. Population expansion is the problem only when the rate of population expansion is exceeding the rate of expansion in resources.
Causes of Population Expansion
There are following causes of population expansion:
i. Cultural Value
ii. Polygyny
iii. Desire of Male Child
iv. Illiteracy
v. Poor population
vi. Desire of male child
vii. Having large family size
viii. Reduction in Morality rate
ix. Better Heath Facilities
x. Better Food
xi. control on epidemics:
xii. Early Marriage