During this academic year, St. Vincent’s High School is concentrating on a special theme, namely, ‘My Education, My Future’. Our curriculum and pedagogy, our leadership and faculty, our infrastructure, and facilities, all must help to prepare students for tomorrow’s life. In today’s challenging world, students face a great deal of stress and cut-throat competition. So, the question that is central for us is: Will the education of today form our young people to build a better tomorrow?
A couple of thousand years ago, the Greek Philosopher Socrates said that the students who are fit for education must by nature be philosophic, spirited, swift, and strong. We all must play a positive role in creating a learning environment that takes into account the real challenges that enable the development of the child. Education is a means to achieve knowledge and various skills and competencies. St. Vincent’s High School and Junior College concentrates on the all-round development of the students. The school introduces students to various platforms and introduces them to new launching pads to empower them to take on the world.
The primary objective of education should be the all-round development of the learner. To quote the father of our nation, Mahatma Gandhi, “By education, I mean all-round drawing out of the best in the child: body, mind, and spirit.” It’s the responsibility of the school management, teachers, and parents to give the students the best experiences, exposure, and facilities to study and to enhance their knowledge and competences. It’s our priority to see that their horizons are broadened and the students go on to excel in diverse soft skills.
At St. Vincent’s, the faculty and the administration consider the context of the student’s life to foster a broad-based experience, to help students reflect, and to encourage them to use their experience to grow in awareness. In today’s world, there are great attractions that pose a huge threat to learning and education. Teachers and parents need to be vigilant and protect the students from the various vices of life. It is our duty to train our students in the best methods of discernment. It’s our responsibility to teach them to delay sensory gratification.
In collaboration with our partners in our mission of education, we promote learning that seeks justice in the spirit of Magis in the pursuit of human excellence. We strive hard together to make the young men and women knowledgeable, responsible, and disciplined for the future. The education at Vincent’s remains focused to achieve each student’s all-round development and build his or her abilities to the fullest so that he or she can continue to achieve excellence and keep increasing the actualization of their personal potentials.
In conclusion, the Greek philosopher Aristotle says, “Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all.” Let’s never forget that we ought to continue to impart an education in St. Vincent’s that will create persons of competence and compassion who will go on to become beacons of hope for a better tomorrow, especially for the underprivileged of the world.
Vincenti Dabitur!
