Read the passage below and answer the questions following it (1—4).

Education is one of the basic needs of a human being and is essential for any kind of development. The
poor socio-economic condition of Bangladesh can be largely attributed to most people's inaccessibility to
education. Many illiterate people do not have any knowledge of health, sanitation and population
control. If they were educated, they could live a healthy and planned life. Education teaches us how to
earn well and how to spend well. It enables us to make the right choices in life and to perform our duties
properly. It enhances our ability to raise crops, store food, protect the environment and carry out our
social responsibilities. It is only education which can help us to adopt a rational attitude. It provides us
with an enlightened awareness about things and this awareness is the prerequisite for social
development.
1. Choose the best answer from the alternatives. 15=5
(a) Education enlightens our ability/consciousness/capacity for any kind of advancement.
(b) The socio-economic condition of Bangladesh is not congenial/ conspiring/ hazardous.
(c) Education is considered one of the basic needs/requirements/supplies of human beings.
(d) Education enhances quantity/quality/career of any human being.
(e) Easy access/excess/accessibilities to education in our country is not possible.
2. True/False? If false, give the correct information. 15=5
(a) Education amalgamates right and wrong.
(b) Education furnishes a man with capacity to shoulder responsibility.
(c) Education is the key to all kinds of drawbacks.
(d) The socio-economic condition of Bangladesh provides a sound atmosphere for
education.
(e) Illiterate people of Bangladesh are hardly conversant with the knowledge of health
and sanitations.
3. Fill in the gaps with the correct form of words in brackets. Add any preposition if necessary.
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(a) If people (b) —— educated, they could have lived a healthy and planned life.
(b) Most of the people cannot (accessibility) —— education.
(c) Rural people (have) —— little kind of social development.
(d) Education (requirement) ——any kind of social development.
(e) Education can (ability) ——us to make the right choices in life.
4. Make a list of five points about the functions of education. 15=5
Read the passage below and answer the questions 5—8 : [Unit–15; Lesson–6(B)]
UNICEF stood originally for the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund. But now it is
the United Nations Children's Fund which gives long-term help to children of developing nations. It runs
several welfare projects in Bangladesh. It has established numerous maternity and baby care centres
around the country to ensure the health of babies and childbearing mothers. It has helped Bangladesh
get rid of contagious childhood diseases. It has organised training programmes to create rural health
workers. Through awareness-raising activities about health and nutrition, this organization has been
able to reduce infant mortality rates in Bangladesh. Besides, in times of disasters like cyclones, flood and
famine, it undertakes humanitarian work to help the affected people. To facilitate education, UNICEF
distributes reading and writing materials among students, trains teachers and promotes primary
education particularly among girls. It also assists a variety of rehabilitation programmes in Bangladesh.
5. Write short answers to these questions. 15=5
(a) Who are UNICEF's beneficiaries?
(b) What has contributed in lowering infant mortality?
(c) What do you mean by contagious disease?
(d) Name one short-term activity of UNICEF.
(e) Which part of the population does the education program particularly target?
6. Fill in the blanks with suitable words. 15=5
UNICEF is an (a) —— Organization. It renders (b) —— to the children and child-bearing mothers of
the developing countries. Numerous maternity and baby care centres (c) —— been established with a
view to (d) —— better health. Rehabilitation programs (e) —— also arranged by UNICEF.
7. Summarize the passage focusing on the activities of UNICEF in Bangladesh in five sentences.
15=5
8. Based on your reading of the passage, make short notes in each of the boxes in the flowchart
showing the objectives of different welfare activities of UNICEF. 15=5
1. To ensure better health  2  3  4  5  6