This is a small sum for the state 180 a year compared to the 2200 per child being spent already but it is an enormous one for the kids and will motivate them - after all many do paper rounds for less than that in the cold weather , and encourage parents to set space aside for them in the house where they can study ,and make the teachers job much more pleasant. Children will cooperate and teach other to make sure their friends get the money as well and disrupters will get the cold shoulder. It doesnt matter if there are no jobs for them at the moment , they will create their own. Crime Mr Shamsunder Let criminals have three months off for each GCSE subjects they pass in prison. Many will have to learn to read first but at least it will give the brighter ones a goal to work for and it will encourage cooperation as they teach the others.
Freedom is what they want the most and three months is a good incentive for non violent prisoners .
A compulsory day of fasting say every Monday would also give them a chance to meditate on why society is angry with them-and why farmers and others do not want to work for robbers etc. One day a week fasting does no harm and will dent the macho image many criminals like to cultiviate as society will feel sorry for them. The subcontinent is adding people at an alarming rate. One failed monsoon could mean that food imports needed for one billion people could wipe out most of the foreign exchange so painfully accumulated over the past few years. The land needed to grow enough food for all these may mean the end of forests.