Ngong, 26 March, 2024 / 4:25 pm (ACI Africa).
There is an urgent need to incorporate the care for all God’s creation in formal education, going beyond the planting of trees, Bishop John Oballa Owaa of Kenya’s Catholic Diocese of Ngong has said.
In a Tuesday, March 26 report about the annual Diocesan Mass of the Young Catholic Students (YCS) in Ngong Diocese, Bishop Oballa is quoted as saying, “Education now more than ever must also emphasize care for creation which goes beyond just planting one tree or two but that readiness to take care of each and everything that God created, caring for the environment, caring for that which will enhance and give praise to God.”
He highlighted some of the values that formal education needs to prioritize. He said, “It's very easy to point fingers, it's quite another to examine ourselves and see where we are in terms of integrity. Education must teach integrity, honesty, sincerity, and the love for truth.”
Education has also to instil a “third level of critical thinking and critical reflection” in learners, the Kenyan Catholic Bishop said during the YCS annual Diocesan Mass that was held at St. Joseph the Worker Cathedral of his Episcopal See.
“Education that does not emphasize integrity falls short; to have people who will want to have their clean hands and not be caught up in any matters of corruption, education must help that at all stages, right from pre-school to higher levels,” he emphasized.
