Education is
meant to mold us into better beings. By better it doesn’t mean we are more self
righteous, it doesn’t mean we deserve more than others, it doesn’t mean we have
the right to look down on others. It means we have the ability for better
evaluation and understanding. We gain the power to realize potentials and find
ways to better our societies socially and economically.
"We can try to cut
ourselves from our fellows on the basis of the education we have had; we can
try to carve for ourselves an unfair share of the wealth of the society. But
the cost to us, as well as to our fellow citizens, will be very high. It will
be high not only in terms of satisfactions forgone, but also in terms of our
own security and well-being."
J. K. Nyerere
Let’s look at ourselves and ask us today, what has education molded us
into? How has it changed our lives? How have you changed the lives around you?
As a nation what kind of education are we investing in? How much are we
investing in it? It’s good to count numbers of those receiving “education” and
see it rising day by day. But can we count on the knowledge gained? If there is
one thing I count on, knowledge doesn’t give us answers, it gives way to more
questions. And it is in questions that we find growth and advancement.
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