Education is a Mission
Education is a Mission
Quoting my former professor in philosophy, Fr. Leonardo Estioko, SVD who has passion for education had said, “What is education and what does it want to accomplish?” (Philosophy of Education: A Filipino Perspective, 2008).
As a young SVD Religious-Missionary priest, I had and having the privilege to see and visits different provinces and municipalities of our beloved country – the Philippines. Generally, Philippines is a beautiful country, this was my first appreciation of our country, still the mountains and islands are green, the beaches are beautiful and clean, the waters are clear and fresh, truly nothing can compare to our beloved country.
But lies beneath this beauty I also notice in the faces of our people, there is pain. The pain which is visible in their faces came from their suffering due to material and economic poverty. Many of our people are poor; this is the reality that I found out in visiting many places especially in my place of assignment in Mindanao particularly in the province of Agusan. I saw how our people suffered some of them are victims of their own “kababayan” who holds power, education and resources particularly money. It pains me when I saw those situations. I thought these educated and professionals are the one who lift the poor to rise from their suffering but now education are being used to slave’s people. Now I asked the same question that Fr. Estioko asked in his book, what is education and what does it want to accomplish? What can we hope for in our systems of education?
Now I am telling to my self, education is a mission. Many people agree that through education we can transform our society for the better. Education can fill the youthful mind of information. We have a good chance of developing our country and rise from poverty to economically sustainable future through education. I think no body will disagree with me that there is still hope for our education. Looking forward for the future, education is the key for progress and development but only if our system of education is stronger and with principle and I think this is our mission.
We are informed of what happened in the past so what we ought to do now? We ought not to be despair of what is now happening but I am proposing to be open to the development of our education and the courage to face it because there is still hope. This is my mission and our common mission to do.
Quoting my former professor in philosophy, Fr. Leonardo Estioko, SVD who has passion for education had said, “What is education and what does it want to accomplish?” (Philosophy of Education: A Filipino Perspective, 2008).
As a young SVD Religious-Missionary priest, I had and having the privilege to see and visits different provinces and municipalities of our beloved country – the Philippines. Generally, Philippines is a beautiful country, this was my first appreciation of our country, still the mountains and islands are green, the beaches are beautiful and clean, the waters are clear and fresh, truly nothing can compare to our beloved country.
But lies beneath this beauty I also notice in the faces of our people, there is pain. The pain which is visible in their faces came from their suffering due to material and economic poverty. Many of our people are poor; this is the reality that I found out in visiting many places especially in my place of assignment in Mindanao particularly in the province of Agusan. I saw how our people suffered some of them are victims of their own “kababayan” who holds power, education and resources particularly money. It pains me when I saw those situations. I thought these educated and professionals are the one who lift the poor to rise from their suffering but now education are being used to slave’s people. Now I asked the same question that Fr. Estioko asked in his book, what is education and what does it want to accomplish? What can we hope for in our systems of education?
Now I am telling to my self, education is a mission. Many people agree that through education we can transform our society for the better. Education can fill the youthful mind of information. We have a good chance of developing our country and rise from poverty to economically sustainable future through education. I think no body will disagree with me that there is still hope for our education. Looking forward for the future, education is the key for progress and development but only if our system of education is stronger and with principle and I think this is our mission.
We are informed of what happened in the past so what we ought to do now? We ought not to be despair of what is now happening but I am proposing to be open to the development of our education and the courage to face it because there is still hope. This is my mission and our common mission to do.
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