Question

Arjun and Ram are students of Class-IX. Both were initially good in studies. After some time, academic performance of Arjun started declining and he became irritable. This change was noticed by his class teacher. While interacting with Arjun she found out that he had six siblings and the whole family lived in a single room. His mother was not able ta devote much attention to him and resources were not sufficient. The teacher motivated him to concentrate on his studies and counselled him.
Answer the following questions based on the situation described above.
(i) What do you think are the factors which are responsible for change in Arjun'* behaviour and his poor performance in studies?
(ii) How has the Government help in promoting small families?
(iii) What values are promoted by the teacher?

Answer 1

(i) Big families can be one of the reasons. Only small family gets good health and education unlike that of a large family.
(ii) The Government has initiated the 'Hum do hamare do' programme to provide family planning counseling, etc.
(iii) Caring nature, responsible.