Read the passage below and answer the questions 1-4
Working opportunities for women are very few in rural areas of Bangladesh.
They usually spend their time doing their household chores. The ILO recently
started a project titled "Technologies for rural employment with Special
Reference to Women and Sustainable Development”. The aim of this project is to
impart training to rural women in various activities and make them
self-reliant.
Sakhina Begum is a beneficiary of this project. She
attended a training course on food processing at the Bangladesh Agriculture
Research Institute (BARI) at Gazipur. Sakhina has two school-going children.
Her husband is a rickshaw-puller who does not earn enough to support-the family
and pay for the children's education. From the BARI training course, Sakhina
learn how to make jam, jelly, pickles, popcorn and many other food items. Along
with her fellow project beneficiaries, she is now producing these items and
selling them in the local market. With the proceeds, she is now able to add to
her family income. If they continue doing their work, Sakhina and other women
working with her will surely see happier days with the new employment opportunities
created by the ILO project.
1.
Choose the right word to complete the sentences.
a.
Working opportunities for women in the village are
ample/adequate/little.
b.
Sakhina husband draws/carries/takes rickshaw
c.
Woman in village usually spend time in reading children /working
in fields/doing domestic works.
d.
The word ‘procedure/profit/procure
e.
The BARI makes research on technology/agriculture/industry.
2.
True/false? if false, give the correct information.
a.
Sakhina Begum sells her products in the capital market.
b.
ILO training is highly beneficial for the rural woman.
c.
Before receiving training Sakhina’s family was well-off.
d.
Sakhina learn how to read and write from the training course.
e.
Sakhina is the mother of two school-going children.
3.
Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the words. You may add
any preposition of necessary.
a.
The ILO has started the project (recent).
b.
Sakhina Begum is a (benefit) the project.
c.
(Self-reliant) is the aim of the ILO project.
d.
The ILO training brings (add) income to Sakhina Begum’s family.
e.
Jam, Jelly, etc. are one short of (process) food.
4.
Make a list of five points about the efforts made by Sakhina to
improve her lot.
Read the passage below and answer the questions 5-8
Education is the process by which our mind develops
through formal learning at an institution like a school, college, or
university. It is mental and intellectual training which provides opportunities
of growth and helps to meet challenges and overcome obstacles to progress.
Again, the purpose of education is to enlighten the individual and develop
his/her capacity to the limit. It is also the business of education to train
individuals to make the right choices to go ahead. It ennobles our mind and
refines our sensibility. It also broadens our outlooks and helps us become
aware of our rights and possibilities. According to Newman, education gives a
man clear conscious view of his own opinions and judgments, a truth in
developing them, eloquence in expressing them and a force in using them”.
Therefore, it is often compeer to light which removes the darkness of ignorance
and helps us distinguish between right and wrong. Ex-president Julius Nyerere of
Tanzania way back in 1974 said at an international conference that the primary
purpose of education was the liberation of man from the restrictions of habits
and attitudes which limit his humanity. He further said education should
promote and humanity and universal brotherhood and that it could be used as a
catalyst for a change for the better. How right he was!
5. Write short answers to the questions.
a. What do you understand by education?
b. What does education provide?
c. How does education enlighten the individual?
d. Why is education compared to light?
e. Why is education promote humanity and universal
brotherhood?
6. Fill in the gaps with suitable words.
The purpose of education is the (a) --- of an
individual and the (b) ---- of his/her capacity to the maximum limit. It also
(c) ---- an individual to (d) ---- the right in order to go ahead. It makes our
mind (e) -----
7. Summaries the importance of education in five sentences.
8. Based on your reading of the passage, make short
notes in each of the boxes of the flow chart showing how education impacts on
human life.
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