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| For "The AU Post"- Arunodaya's Newsletter |
My best wishes to all
crew members of “The Arunodaya Post” and glad to get the second edition of the
News letter after a long gap. As a principal of Arunodaya English Boarding
School I have got a chance to share my opinion with all the readers of AU Post.
At a young age I realize, that the true purpose of education is to make each of us a better person and a happier, more
productive human being. Certainly, a
person without meaningful education will, in all aspect, be short of capacity to grow, compete, be gainfully
employed, and remain productively
interconnected with people. Why? Because a person without education
generally lacks perception, understanding, social awareness, point of view, stock knowledge, facility of
communication, and confidence to articulate his or her views. Education denotes the systematic way of learning
how to learn. It symbolizes the continuum of knowing and understanding
the things affecting life and the interdependence of societies around the world. Education
involves the discipline of building values around
our inherent capacity to think, act, relate, and
learn so that we can harness our strengths and improve on
our weaknesses in the process of taking advantage of opportunities
and mitigating threats as we face life's challenges. Without
education, a man just sees a room. With education, he finds himself in a room with all its windows open to the
outside world. In the words, people who are not educated have less
chance to do what they want to do and do not
appear to be in control of their destiny. In fact, not many people succeed in
life without a good educational foundation. Yet, a person
Who gets a good education will become a more dependable worker, a right thinker, a wise decision-maker, and
a better citizen. Indeed, education ensures
a brighter future for everyone. It achieves this by bringing him knowledge from the outside world, teaching him to reason, and acquainting him with past history, so
that he may be a better judge of today. Thus, like Laxmi Prasad Devkota who fought tyranny and oppression
through the power of education, I believe and I advocate in my own
simple way, that this nation, my beloved Nepal,
can achieve greatness through the transformative force of education. Therefore, for this country to prosper and remain
globally competitive, we must focus on education. The value of education as the engine to national development is enshrined
in our very own Constitution, which states emphatically that “the State shall give priority to education, science
and technology, arts, culture, and sports to foster patriotism and nationalism,
accelerate social progress, and promote total human development.” This vital provision of our constitution
perceives education as the gateway
not only to personal intellectual and moral development but also, ultimately,
to our nation’s economic and social development.
With this, the importance of education extends far beyond giving a person a good
quality of life. Education has deep and broad societal dimension. Many
backward or underdeveloped economies have failed to expand because
they lack the human capital that can be utilized for sustained
economic development and growth, with a great portion of their population unable to read and write
and alienated from the rest of the world by media deprivation. Lack of
education is a social malaise that continues to widen the gap between the rich
and the poor, a problem that prevents more equitable
distribution and sharing of national wealth. The underdeveloped economies
of Africa, Middle East, and Asia with very low literacy and human capital
indices are the cases in point. In our country, truly, poverty remains our
primary problem. Education must be a primary
component to any poverty reduction plan. The adage is corny and over-used
but it is nevertheless true - Give a man a
fish and you feed him for a day; teach him how to fish and you feed him
for a life time.
And so, if we are to invest in our nation's future, let us choose to
give priority to investing in education. Let us get our leaders on board to
their constitutional mandate of making education the country’s topmost
priority. The government must guarantee that every Nepali child is assured
of the opportunity to get high quality education that will make him or her
whole person,
a responsible citizen, and lead him or her to a productive well-paying job
or to a successful entrepreneurial venture. As
a head master of school, I view education as the most important activity in any
society. It is needed by everyone, and should be actively encouraged and
pursued for the entire lifetime of each individual. Many problems in society
are the direct result of neglect in this area. Hence, without an iota of
doubt I can say that only
education will make our country transformed in to New Nepal in real sense. As
the children are the nation builders of tomorrow. Our investment in education
will be worthy in the development of our country. Hope to see you all in next
issue of “AU Post” till then ……….Happy Reading.
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