Nobody likes to be poor. Poverty entails a lot of other hardships along with itself, amongst which its permanence is probably the worst. Individuals born and raised in poverty have to combat not just with financial difficulties but with a state of mind as well, which labels them as poor, and which expects them to accept poverty as a condition of life. The only thing that could probably save such people from this condition is a good education. But, rather than alleviating this state of mind, the education that they are provided usually ends up re-affirming it. It makes them more conscious of their inequality. So, before introducing any other reform, it is necessary to solve educational inequality first, as only then the other reforms would be meaningful. Read more