An open letter to Mr. Kapil Sibal.....from a child....

Dear Sibal uncle,

I heard about you through people who read newspapers. They were saying that you are doing a remarkable job in the field of education. They were appreciating your decision to scrap the 10th board exams. They were also saying that you were doing something for my elder brothers and sisters who study in big colleges.
I thought you are the appropriate person, to whom I can express my feelings...and conditions.....
I don't know whether elementary education is in the state list, central list or the concurrent list. What I do know is that to attend school I have to travel 5 kms daily by foot. What I do know is that we don't have a toilet in our school and 3 of my friends got ill after eating the food served in our school under some scheme of yours. I don't know what percentage of GDP my Govt. spends for our education. What I do know is that we don't get books from our schools in time. Whenever we go to our teachers for the books they tell us that it would be made available in a few days but till date we haven't got any.
Many of our teachers whom we used to respect a lot...don't come to the school.....and if they do ......they don't teach....Some of my teachers spend their time in school by knitting sweaters.....We don't have the courage to go to our principal....who comes once in a week to the school.
I don't know whether I will be able to continue my education. My parents say that being a girl I should learn household chores. But, I want to study.
But even if I study, I don't know what to do after school. My teachers doesn't tell us about what should we do in life. Maybe they also don't know.
I have also heard that you have made education my fundamental right. I don't know to what extent I will get my right, keeping in view the prevailing situation in my village. My mother had to run from pillar to post to get a home under some Indira Awaas Yojana.....Till date we haven't got any. What she does get is the demand for money from the local authorities which we cannot fulfill with the current financial status of our family.
In fact I may have to drop out of school because my brother is in class 10th and he will need a lot of money to become a big man in life. I may have to be content with doing household chores for a man who will take dowry from my family to enable me to do so.
Sibal uncle, I don't know about my rich brothers and sisters who have to undergo a lot of pressure in order to sit for their board exams so much so that you have scrapped the board exams for them. I have even heard that Aamir khan has made a film for them and has earned a lot of appreciation.
Sibal uncle, I don't have any problem in carrying heavy bags to my school. I have absolutely no problem in sitting for examinations.But please ensure that I get an opportunity to sit at one.

Regards

A child with dreams