The Political Science students of Class XI of Kozhikode Government Higher Secondary School conducted a seminar on the topic “Three Different Types of Equality”. The students of the Class were divided into 3 groups and they discussed the relevant portions of the Text. The leaders of each group presented their views

a) Political Equality:

To ensure political equality in a society, people should have the opportunities to take part in active politics. Only if they have the right to play their role in the affairs the nation, there will be political equality there. 

They should have following rights: 

i) To participate in the election of the government. 

ii) To contest in the elections. 

iii) The right to hold public office. 

iv) The right to creatively criticize the government through the print and electronic media and through speeches. The right to criticize the government using any legal medium. 

vi) The right to form political parties.

b) Economic Equality: 

The meaning of Economic Equality is that all citizens must be able to enjoy the nation’s resources equally. This is important for the eradication of poverty. To achieve Economic Equality, 

the following should be ensured: 

i) Make circumstances so that all citizens can earn their livelihood. 

ii) All citizens should have enough income to meet their needs. 

iii) There should be no gross inequality in wealth in the society. 

iv) There should be no economic exploitation of man by man. 

The distribution of the means of production and wealth should be controlled, aiming at the welfare of all in the society.

c) Social Equality: 

This means that all in the society have equal social status. Nobody should have special rights. All should have opportunities to develop their personality. In short, nobody should be given any special consideration in name of caste, religion, race or riches. The Human Rights Declaration by the UN is good for ensuring social equality.

To ensure social equality, equal opportunities should be provided to all. There should no divisions on the basis of caste, religion, race, riches, and gender. There should be Rule of law which ensures that all are equal before the law. Casteism must be abolished completely. The government and the society should do all they can to uplift the marginalized communities and bring them into the mainstream society. Conclusion: After the presentation, a meaningful discussion followed. The teacher added more points. It was a good seminar.