No matter whether a country is developing, under developed or least developed, the need for allocating enough funds for promoting higher education is of greater significance than anything else, say poverty, hunger and the like.

• Do you support this attitude to higher education?
• What alternative ways can you suggest to see that not many people go hungry?

It is education that makes the biggest difference in the lives of people, and in this respect there is no barrier like a country is developing or under developed. But when it comes to keeping the wolf at bay, there are way outs.

The status of an economy is what the status of the population is. If the population is devoid of higher education, and thus incapable, there is not going to be any progress in any country no matter what the present status a given country is.

For example, the educated stand a much better chance than those ones who do not have it. Obviously, those privileged, let them be a minority, are going to contribute greatly to themselves first, their family and community next and thus to their nation at large.

A situation contrary to this, say, higher education is set aside, poverty and hunger are taken care of, I am afraid, both are going to suffer. Poverty and hunger will never fade away, because the real eradication of hunger and poverty takes place, of course in the long run, through education

Besides education, there are alternative ways. Firstly, encouraging people who are unlucky enough not to have got education of their choice, to take up their own income generating exercises like self employment, agriculture, farming and cattle rearing are a good idea. To make things easier for people, lending agencies, particularly international, can offer soft or interest-free loans to poor nations so that the latter can shift themselves into some income generating modes.

In short, the best way to eradicate poverty and hunger is to promote higher education at any cost, and keeping the people free from hunger demands education and allied activities like the one I have mentioned above.

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