Lesson - 6
The Village School
(New) Word-Meanings
| Word | Meaning |
1. | drag | to pull |
2. | recalls | to bring back to mind |
3. | enrol | to register |
4. | mock | to make fun |
5. | triumph | a great success |
A. Answer these questions.
1. For whom did the three girls start a school?
Ans- The three girls started school for the children who were deprived of education, the children who had never stepped out of their home or had dropped out of school because of problems at home.
2. What was the biggest challenge the three girls faced?
Ans- People of village were not serious about education. The parents did not want their girls to leave their homes. They thought going to school was a waste of time for them as they could do household work during the day.
3. What was their plan to educate the girls of the village?
Ans- They started a small tailoring training centre at the school so that the families would let their daughters come there. The trio started teaching them as well along with the tailoring. They said to their parents that tailoring requires some measurements and calculations and for that a basic education is necessary.
4. What did the women of the village learn from the school?
Ans- The women of the village learnt to write their names with signatures. Seeds of education sprouted in them.
5. What does the school do for the students instead of giving them degrees?
Ans- They gave them good education and help them connect to good schools.
B. Read these lines from the text and answer the questions.
1. “We, the three of us, were the only ones who finished school.”
a. Who said the ‘we three’?
Ans- Tabassum, Tarranum and Rubina.
b. Which place is the speaker talking about?
Ans- They are talking about their basti (area where people with lower incomes live).
c. Why did the others from that place not go to school?
Ans- The people of the village never took education seriously. According to them, education is only a waste of time.
2. “It was very difficult in the beginning”
a. What was difficult in the beginning?
Ans- It was difficult in the beginning to make illiterate people literate.
b. How did the girls tackle the difficulty?
Ans- The girls went door to door and made the villagers aware of education.
c. Did their efforts get them positive results?
Ans- Yes, their efforts got them positive results.
C. Answer in detail.
1. How did the people of the village first react to the school? Did this change later?
Ans- People of the village would shout at them and say that they are a bad influence on their girls. They also asked them to leave the public space where they ran their school. These people also used to say that the trio wouldn’t be able to do anything just because they were girls. Later when the girls changed the face of the village, the same people who used to mock them came forward to support them.
2. How would you describe the determination and resilience of Tabassum, Tarranum and Rubina?
Ans- It was very difficult for Tabassum, Tarranum and Rubina to change the face of their village in the beginning. The mindset of the people was very rigid and there were only few educated people in the village. But the three girls showed determination and resilience to make the people of the village aware about the importance of education. The trio didn’t pay attention on the mockery and the insult done by the villagers. They kept on going to achieve their goal of making primary education available to all the people of the village. Their efforts bore fruits of success, as they succeeded in making ninety percent of the villagers educated and helped them to connect to good schools. This shows that with determination and resilience one can do any difficult task.
