Education gives us knowledge and a set of abilities to function meaningfully in life, such as the ability to decide things rationally and make the right choices. As we learn how to read, write and do the basic operations of arithmetic, we gain a degree of self-confidence. We learn to think for ourselves and articulate our thoughts; we pick up skills to communicate with others and manage our affairs well. Education helps us think independently and make our own opinions. As we know more about the world, we appreciate the good things it offers us but also become critical of the deviations from the values it imparts and the rise of hatred or conflict that follows. The first thing education does is to give us an awareness about ourselves which leads to the development of our personality. As we begin school, we feel the need to belong to the class and make friends. We then expand our sense of belonging to include the school at large, our community and finally our country. Education thus
prepares every child to become an active member of the community and work for its welfare.
Education, is believed, releases our potentials and our inner strengths. It sharpens our intellect and develops our creativity. As we are taught to reason well and find solutions to the problems of life we become productive members of society. Education by definition is progressive and liberal, teaching us to respect human diversity and cultural and religious differences. If all of us practise these values in life, the world becomes a much happier place.
Education also fosters critical thinking and provides us a set of competencies including life skills that enable us to become competitive even in the most challenging of circumstances. Education also teaches us to appreciate beauty and the bounties of nature.
School, however, is not the only place where a child gets education. A Bangla poem tells us that nature can be our best teacher. Here are a couple of lines from the poem in English translation : The sky has taught me to be liberal.
The wind has given me the motto to be industrious.
If we can make nature our friend, philosopher and guide, we can learn lessons about life that, combined with what our schools teach us, will prepare us for the future.

১.

Choose the best answer from alternatives.

(a) According to the passage, to function meaningfully in life needs-
(i) imagination (ii) inventiveness (iii) information and capability (iv) goal and effort

(b) Education enhances one’s capacity to take decision-
(i) imprudently (ii) hastily (iii) sagaciously (iv) naively

(c) Development of one’s personality mainly depends on-
(i) Obliviousness about oneself (ii) cognizance about oneself (iii) Inertia about oneself (iv) Devaluation about oneself

(d) How can education make every child a vigorous member of the society?
(i) By creating a sense of belongingness towards the community (ii) By desisting it from social involvement (iii) By developing a sense of self-importance in it (iv) By guiding him towards the path of boisterousness

(e) In addition to making us appreciative of good things, education also makes us-
(i) Analytical (ii) straight (iii) sarcastic (iv) protesting

(f) The phrase “inner strength’ refers to-
(i) supernatural strength (ii) immense strength (iii) inherent strength (iv) peripheral strength

(g) Becoming ‘productive members of the society' means-
(i) Being friendly to the society (ii) Being subversive of the society (iii) Being contributive to the society (iv) Being critical to the society.

(h) Which of the followings does not go with education?
(i) Liberalism (ii) bigotry (iii) Diversity (iv) open-mindedness

(i) The sky teaches us to be-
(i) parochial (ii) generous (iii) chauvinistic (iv) dogmatic

(j) The passage is about the-
(i) the diversity of education (ii) the scopes of education (iii) The processes of education (iv) The impacts of education

উত্তর

(a) (iii) information and capability

(b) (iii) sagaciously

(c) (ii) cognizance about oneself

(d) (i) By creating a sense of belongingness towards the community

(e) (i) Analytical

(f) (iii) inherent strength

(g) (iii) Being contributive to the society

(h) (ii) bigotry

(i) (ii) generous

(j) (iv) The impacts of education

Education gives us knowledge and a set of abilities to function meaningfully in life, such as the ability to decide things rationally and make the right choices. As we learn how to read, write and do the basic operations of arithmetic, we gain a degree of self-confidence. We learn to think for ourselves and articulate our thoughts; we pick up skills to communicate with others and manage our affairs well. Education helps us think independently and make our own opinions. As we know more about the world, we appreciate the good things it offers us but also become critical of the deviations from the values it imparts and the rise of hatred or conflict that follows. The first thing education does is to give us an awareness about ourselves which leads to the development of our personality. As we begin school, we feel the need to belong to the class and make friends. We then expand our sense of belonging to include the school at large, our community and finally our country. Education thus
prepares every child to become an active member of the community and work for its welfare.
Education, is believed, releases our potentials and our inner strengths. It sharpens our intellect and develops our creativity. As we are taught to reason well and find solutions to the problems of life we become productive members of society. Education by definition is progressive and liberal, teaching us to respect human diversity and cultural and religious differences. If all of us practise these values in life, the world becomes a much happier place.
Education also fosters critical thinking and provides us a set of competencies including life skills that enable us to become competitive even in the most challenging of circumstances. Education also teaches us to appreciate beauty and the bounties of nature.
School, however, is not the only place where a child gets education. A Bangla poem tells us that nature can be our best teacher. Here are a couple of lines from the poem in English translation : The sky has taught me to be liberal.
The wind has given me the motto to be industrious.
If we can make nature our friend, philosopher and guide, we can learn lessons about life that, combined with what our schools teach us, will prepare us for the future.

২.

Answer the following questions.

(a) How can education help us function meaningfully in our life and society?
(b) How does education influence our power of judgment and help evade animosity?
(c) In which ways can education play a significant role in developing our personality?
(d) How can education contribute to making people ‘productive members of society”?
(e) How can we become educated by nature and natural objects?

উত্তর

(a) Education gives us knowledge and abilities for rational decisions, communication and responsible participation in society.

(b) It develops independent and critical thinking, helping us recognise harmful deviations from values and respect human differences.

(c) It builds self-awareness, confidence and a sense of belonging while developing intellect and creativity.

(d) It teaches us to reason and solve problems, enabling us to contribute through meaningful work and community activity.

(e) We can learn from nature's beauty and examples, such as the sky's generosity and the wind's diligence, alongside our school learning.

When a girl gets married, she usually drops out of school and begins full-time work in her in-laws’ household. In the in-laws house, she is marginalized. She becomes vulnerable to all forms of abuse, including dowry-related violence. In Bangladesh, it is still common for a bride’s family to pay dowry, despite the practice being illegal. Dowry demands can also continue after the wedding. For an adolescent bride, even if her in-laws are supportive, there are significant health risks in terms of pregnancy and childbirth. The majority of adolescent brides and their families are uninformed or insufficiently informed about reproductive health and contraception. The maternal mortality rate for adolescents is double the national rate.

৩.

Based on your reading of the passage, make short notes in each of the boxes in the flowchart showing the information about different situations a young girl usually faces after her marriage.

Dropping out of school → 2. ______ → 3. ______ → 4. ______ → 5. ______ → 6. ______

উত্তর

Dropping out of school → 2. Beginning full-time household work → 3. Becoming marginalised → 4. Facing vulnerability to abuse and dowry-related violence → 5. Facing pregnancy and childbirth risks → 6. Having limited reproductive-health information

The streets are now my home. Sometimes I find work. I used to collect trash and sell it to a vendor. I stopped doing that after I had a serious infection and a doctor told me to stay away from the trash dump. Once I worked for an ice cream shop owner and sold ice cream on the beach. I got no money in return. The owner of the shop gave me something to eat, and let me sleep in his hut at night. The work was difficult and painful. The ice cream box is quite heavy when it is full. I had to walk for hours, offering my ice cream to whoever wanted to buy. There were days when I could not even sell one ice cream. In a way, I am lucky because I am alive. My friends who work sorting rubbish in dumps often suffer from serious diseases. One of them was recently killed after he fell into a hole that opened up in the pile of trash. Many of us work for 10 to 12 hours, and get so little in return that we can’t even buy food.

৪. Write a summary of the following text.

উত্তর

The speaker describes the hardship of living and working on the streets. After illness forced him to stop collecting rubbish, he sold ice cream but received food and shelter rather than money. The work was exhausting and uncertain. He considers himself fortunate to be alive because other street children face serious diseases and fatal accidents. Long hours and very low returns leave many unable to afford enough food.

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