THE SOLE ROLE OF EDUCATION

THE SOLE ROLE OF EDUCATION

In the alluvial fields of minds, the seeds of Education are timely sown,

Under the tender, loving cares of the Teacher-gardeners, they are grown,

Like the lush and verdant plants of cultured refinement and perfection,

To feed, at length, the world with their nutritious fruit of Emancipation!

Education is the fertility for the foetus of the human mind,

That fortifies it to conceive of good thoughts and sublime ideas,

That ultimately gives birth to a species of a unique kind,

That frees man from savagery, superstition, rawness and bias!

Education aims at physical as well as psychological evolution:

It leads to much relieving enlightenment and economic liberation,

It encourages social justice, indiscrimination and judicious decision,

It finds for every tough riddle a prompt, foolproof and sweet solution!

Education is the powerful weapon to defeat the ignorance rival:

It brings forth a fullfledged transformation;  ushers in a moral revival,

It blesses the impoverished society with seas of useful knowledge

It turns a wild beast to a decent man, and a decent man to a Sage!

Let Education not be an inaccessible and untouchable property for any

Let Education not be a pampered child of ‘Wealth, Influence and Money!’

Let Education shave and cut off the weeds and reeds of discrimination

Let Education rise on the brows of the deprived a new Sun of exultation!

Let’s not misuse Education for the mean, selfish and ignominous gains,

Let’s not misuse Education for collapsing the global roots, and wooing banes,

Let’s not misuse Education for the acrimonious air and devastating rains,

Let’s use Education to rub, scrub, clean and cleanse the rigid and ruinous stains!

Let’s use Education for a noble cause of Universal fraternity and harmony,

Let’s use Education as the Panacea to eliminate every prevalent agony,

Let’s use Education to integrate the scattered world to rebuild a new Nation,

Let’s use Education to bless every Soul with a merry and mirthful “Salvation!”

N.B: This poem is dedicated to Maulana Abul Kalam Azad. Since 2008, November 11 has been celebrated as the National Education Day in India to commemorate the birth anniversary of independent India's first education minister – Maulana Abul Kalam Azad. 

©Shankar D Mishra 11.11.2017

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