ARTICLE WRITING

Article writing

An article is a piece of writing that articulates your feelings in a cohesive and coherent way.

For writing an impressive article one needs to have a steady flow of ideas and a good vocabulary.

To present ideas effectively the ideas should be coherent and systematic. The writing task should be built along in an interesting and cohesive style.
Use appropriate connectors like and, as well as, but, however, thus, because, as.
Use a variety of connectors. Avoid repetition.

An articles has

§  A suitable heading (usually of 5 to 6 words)

§  The name of the writer

§  4 to 5 paragraphs

[Each paragraph deals with only one topic: The paragraphs should be coherent and joined by relevant words and phrases]. First paragraph must be an introduction that arouses the reader's interest. The second and third paragraph should given in-depth information about the topic while the last paragraph should conclude the article in such a way that leaves a lasting impression. Word limit : 200 words 

Q . A newspaper in Hamirpur wants to publish an article about the increasing awareness of female education. The table below shows some of the changes in Hamirpur between 1980 and 2004. Using this information together with your own ideas and ideas from the unit on Education’, write the article in not more than 200 words. (10 marks)

Female Education in Hamirpur	1980	2004
Number of girl's schools	2	12
Number of women colleges	1	5
Number of students in schools	1,400	10,000
Number of students in colleges	400	2,600
Literacy rate	25.5%	58.0%
Adult Education Centres	Nil	3
Distance Education Centres	Nil	4

QUANTUM LEAP IN FEMALE EDUCATION

Hamirpur, March 15:

It is heartening to note that the people of Hamirpur have grown conscious of the need of female education and have taken concrete steps to provide the fruit of education to as many girls as possible. They have taken concrete steps in this direction and their efforts have borne fruit.

The town has made phenomenal progress in the sphere of female education. There is an appreciable growth in the number of girls’ schools, women colleges, student enrolment and literacy rate. For example, during the period under review, the rise of girls’ schools from 2 to 12, women colleges from I to 5 and literacy rate from 25.5% to 58.0% is no mean achievement. The number of school going girls has increased from 1400 in 1980 to 10.000 in 2004; the rate of increase being roughly seven times. Similar is the case with the spread of college education. The number of college going students shows six and a half times increase over the figures of 1980.

Two new type of facilities have come up for the females. These are the centres for adult education and distance education, These centres are of immense help to girls who want to continue their education and attend to their domestic responsibilities at the same time.

If this upward trend in female education continues for a decade or so, the town may achieve 100 per cent literacy rate. Then our women will not lag behind their counterparts. Social service agencies, voluntary organisations and women organizations have played a major role in establishing, funding and running the institutions of female education in this town. They deserve congratulations for their, funding and running the institutions of female  education in this town. They deserve congratulations for their splendid achievement. They have rightly adopted the motto : "Educate a girl and you educate a family."

It is hoped that Hamirpur will become a beacon-light, a source of enlightenment and inspiration in the field of female education for the people of the rest of the country.