“Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth for the first heaven and earth had passed and there was no longer any sea and I John I saw the Holy city, a new Jerusalem coming down from God out of heaven prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.” Looking at the unprecedented turn of events, one cannot resist the temptation of thinking that the long awaited prophesy has been fulfilled. Now the air feels good, quite refreshing and reassuring.
It is clearly evident that a tide of new hope is rising and sweeping across the length and breadth of our beloved republic. This fresh aroma is indeed an energiser of the soul and mind challenging all and sundry to get back into an action mode to relive shattered and deferred dreams. No stone should be left unturned. All people, buoyed by a rejuvenated spirit of patriotism, should raise their hands and be counted as an integral part of the process of national renewal and rebirth. Coming closer home to the issue of education, one notes with a sense of pride and gratification the recently announced change of nomenclature for the Ministry of Education. The incorporation of the welfare of children will most certainly herald a new dawn. The work of reconstructing a country begins with laying a solid foundation for the children from the elementary kindergarten to the more advanced senior secondary education. Under the new dispensation, the education sector will now embrace the human rights component, giving prominence and attention to the welfare of children.
