One of vivid memories I have is what my parents always say: “Study well, little girl. Education will always be with you even if we are not around.”

Education is one of the greatest investments parents could ever give us despite the limited resources. It is education that armed us with the skills, the accumulated knowledge and values to rise up from the challenges that came our way. Now that I am a mother, I didn’t have to prod my kids to study and educate themselves. They understood the value of education that is to prepare them even at an early age to educate themselves throughout their lives. I smile as I watch them from afar. It is a consolation that even though we are struggling to send them to school because of limited financial capability, they want to study.

When we come across the word “education,” many of us strongly associate it with schooling. If you put education in the context of your own child, what is education to you? But the very essence of education and learning is a thinking head, a caring heart, and a serving hand comes out naturally from kids as they go through their daily lives. I believe that schools and parents play an active role as partners in educating and motivating our children today to dream for a good purpose, think for a good reason, and care enough to serve others.

By: Lolly B. Ravago | Teacher III | Bonifacio Camacho National High School | Abucay, Bataan