This document discusses the role of education as a tool for development. It outlines the roles and responsibilities of teachers and students. Teachers should act as facilitators and role models, while creating a learning environment that encourages critical thinking. Students should be trained to think critically and creatively, and healthy dissent should be encouraged. Books are meant to stimulate thought and open new perspectives. Educational institutions should continually transform themselves into dynamos of development. Schools should be distributed equitably and act as learning centers and community forums. A transformed education system can help transform society by broadly distributing the benefits of education. Ultimately, education aims to bring man closer to glorifying God as the creator.

1. EDUCATION as a TOOL of
DEVELOPMENT
SOUTHERN PHILIPPINES AGRI-BUSINESS AND MARINE
AND AQUATIC SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY
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Mati, Digos City
GRADUATE SCHOOL

2. EDUCATION as a TOOL of

3. The Teacher’s Role
Contact points between
the learner and the
knowledge, skills and
values
Facilitator, compassionate
counselor and leader
To be role models of what
a good citizen and human
being should be
Create situations and an
environment conducive to
learning and excellence in
academic and non-
academic performance

4. The Role of the Student
To be trained to
think critically,
creatively, and
innovatively, and
to challenge even
the most
sacrosanct
intellectual
assumptions and
truths
Healthy dissent
should be
encouraged and
respected among
students

5. Books
Serve only as thought stimulators
To be used to open new vistas of
an ever-expanding horizon of new
ideas and ways of doing things

6. Transform Educational Institutions
Be continually
transformed to
become better that
what they are
Dynamos of
development
Provide an
atmosphere that
induce scholarly
pursuits
Schools to be
equitably distributed
throughout the
country

7. Schools as Little Democracies
People’s schools, havens of learning, assembly
points for community fora, as well as centers of
recreational activities for all
Transform Society
The bigger society itself will have
to continue its transformation

8. Widening Influence of Education
Education,
perceived as a
tool of
national
development
Substantial
benefits of
education are
broadly
distributes in
society

9. The Ultimate Aim of Development
Man’s ultimate end, that of glorifying God, his
Creator, will increasingly become closer to
reality. And he should be made to realize that
“the Earth is the Lord’s and the fullness
thereof,” that even his life and all that he
acquires are entrusted to him by God for his
stewardship.

10. Education is the most powerful weapon which
you can use to change the world.
- Nelson Mandela