Education aims to bring about positive changes in our behavior. It helps us try to change our lives as well as the society we live in. Education that does not illuminate our minds or does not inspire us to work for the community is not complete at all. Education is not all about getting grades or receiving certificates- we use education to make life better. We are expected to apply the knowledge, skills and values that we learn in a classroom in our engagement with the world that lies outside. And we can do so in many different ways. Let's have a look at how education works. Learners' civic engagement is highly appreciated all over the world. Civic engagement means working to make a difference in the civic life (the public life of the citizens as contrasted with private or personal life) of the community using knowledge, skills, values and motivation. Civic engagement promotes the quality of life in a community by contributing to the improvement of health and wellbeing of the people. Civically engaged individuals recognize themselves as members of a larger social community and are concerned about civic issues. They consider themselves responsible citizens who take action or raise their voices against injustice, discrimination and other forms of social ills.

১.

Choose the best answer from alternatives.

(a) True education tries to ______.
(i) encourage selfishness (ii) bring about positive changes in behaviour (iii) spread prejudice (iv) discourage learning

(b) Education remains incomplete ______.
(i) without a grade (ii) until getting a good job (iii) without commitment to society (iv) till being confident

(c) 'Illuminate' does not mean ______.
(i) enlighten (ii) brighten (iii) kindle (iv) obscure

(d) One must apply knowledge ______.
(i) physically (ii) pragmatically (iii) professionally (iv) passionately

(e) 'The world that lies outside' refers to the ______.
(i) space beyond home (ii) space of living (iii) space outside institutions (iv) space around the world

(f) Civic engagement helps improve ______.
(i) the quality of life in a community (ii) only private profits (iii) social discrimination (iv) isolation

(g) The word 'society' can be synonymous to ______.
(i) civic (ii) community (iii) people (iv) country

(h) 'Civic issues' are opposite to ______.
(i) national crisis (ii) social problems (iii) personal problems (iv) communal issues

(i) The phrase 'take action against' means ______.
(i) to resist (ii) to reform (iii) to engage (iv) to develop

(j) Concerned people involve themselves in ______.
(i) social ills (ii) social reformation (iii) civil society (iv) public nuisance

উত্তর

(a) (ii) bring about positive changes in behaviour

(b) (iii) without commitment to society

(c) (iv) obscure

(d) (ii) pragmatically

(e) (iii) space outside institutions

(f) (i) the quality of life in a community

(g) (ii) community

(h) (iii) personal problems

(i) (i) to resist

(j) (ii) social reformation

Education aims to bring about positive changes in our behavior. It helps us try to change our lives as well as the society we live in. Education that does not illuminate our minds or does not inspire us to work for the community is not complete at all. Education is not all about getting grades or receiving certificates- we use education to make life better. We are expected to apply the knowledge, skills and values that we learn in a classroom in our engagement with the world that lies outside. And we can do so in many different ways. Let's have a look at how education works. Learners' civic engagement is highly appreciated all over the world. Civic engagement means working to make a difference in the civic life (the public life of the citizens as contrasted with private or personal life) of the community using knowledge, skills, values and motivation. Civic engagement promotes the quality of life in a community by contributing to the improvement of health and wellbeing of the people. Civically engaged individuals recognize themselves as members of a larger social community and are concerned about civic issues. They consider themselves responsible citizens who take action or raise their voices against injustice, discrimination and other forms of social ills.

২. Write down the answers in short.
(a) How does education influence human life?
(b) Why does education seem to be incomplete?
(c) In which way is knowledge incorporated in daily life?
(d) What makes learning praiseworthy?
(e) When are people counted as concerned citizens?

উত্তর

(a) Education influences human life by bringing about positive changes in behaviour. It changes our life as well as the community we live in.

(b) Education seems to be incomplete when it does not illuminate our minds or does not inspire us to work for the community.

(c) Knowledge that we learn in a classroom is incorporated in daily life through our engagement with the world that lies outside. The knowledge, skills and values learnt in our educational life, are applied practically in civic life to develop its quality.

(d) Learners' civic engagement makes their learning praiseworthy. With their acquired knowledge, skills, values and motivation, learners promote the quality of life in a community by contributing to the improvement of health and well-being of the people.

(e) People are counted as concerned citizens when they involve themselves in civic issues and take action or raise their voices against injustice, discrimination and other forms of social ills.

When an adolescent 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.

৩.

Read the following text and make a flow chart showing the situation of adolescent girls in Bangladesh. (One is done for you.)

Getting married early → 2. ______ → 3. ______ → 4. ______ → 5. ______ → 6. ______

উত্তর

Getting married early → 2. Dropping out of school → 3. Doing full-time work in the in-laws' household → 4. Becoming vulnerable to abuse → 5. Facing pregnancy and childbirth risks → 6. Having limited information about reproductive health

And he did for me the unnecessary thing, the gracious thing, that we find done only by the great of heart. Things no training can teach, for they are done on the instant, with no predicated experience. He found a cubbyhole beside the fireplace that I had not noticed. There, of his own accord, he put kindling and "medium" wood, so that I might always have dry fire material ready in case of sudden wet weather. A stone was loose in the rough walk to the cabin. He dug a deeper hole and steadied it, although he came, himself, by a shortcut over the bank. I found that when I tried to return his thoughtfulness with such things as candy and apples, he was wordless. "Thank you" was, perhaps, an expression for which he had had no use, for his courtesy was instinctive. He only looked at the gift and at me, and a curtain lifted, so that I saw deep into the clear well of his eyes, and gratitude was there, and affection, soft over the firm granite of his character.

৪. Summarize the following text.

উত্তর

The passage describes the helper's instinctive kindness. Without being asked, he stored dry wood near the fireplace and secured a loose stone on the path, although he did not use that route himself. When the narrator offered him small gifts, he expressed his gratitude through his eyes rather than words. His thoughtful actions reveal both strength of character and affection.

রাজউক উত্তরা মডেল স্কুল অ্যান্ড কলেজ, ঢাকা ২০২৫

রাজউক উত্তরা মডেল স্কুল অ্যান্ড কলেজ, ঢাকা ২০২৫ আনলক করো