DEMOCRACY AND MASS ILLETERACY CANNOT GO TOGATHER.

1. INTRODUCTION:
"literacy is prerequisite for the succes of democracy in any state. without literacy, democracy compels every sphere of any country to teeter on the brink of disasters"

2. preponderance of literacy in democracy

3. Democracy and mass illiteracy cannot go togather: justification

i, illeterate masses fail to elect their leaders on the basis of their performance
ii, makes voting accountablity ineffective
iii, Exacerbates disparaging curse of corruption
iv, lliteracy in democracy espouses dynastic politics
v, Restrain democracy to spawn charismatic leadership
vi, prompts military to intervene in democratic process
vii, tenders impetus to the vortex of poilitical instablity
viii, enfeebles national instituitions
ix, mass intolerance replaces the democratic value of tolerance
x, Encurages sectarianism, ehnicism, and terrorism to smear social disorder in democracy
xii, foments clash of civilization and ideologies
xiii, causes mismanagement of economic affairsand issues
xiv, exonerates faith from the success of democracy.

4. ways and means to ensure high literacy in order to acheive real ideals of democracy

i, upgradaton of syllabus to siphon off uniformity of syllabus
ii, need for establishing effective mechanism to esure transparent utilization of economic resourcesin education sphere
iii, recuitment of well-qualified teachers transparently.
iv, teaching of demoratic norms and values to masses
v, pursuing social campaigns to promote awareness among masses regarding inviolablity of their votes
vi, role of media and civil society.

5. conclusion

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Baroz-e-Hashar main be-khof ghuss jaonga Jannat mien,
Wahin se aye thay Adam woh meray baap Ka ghar hai
(Allam Iqbal)