HAVING worked in various areas of public policy for over 15 years across four countries with international programmes, I have observed that education is universally a contentious, difficult and politically charged area of policy-making anywhere in the world.
Education forms a key determinant of how we see the world, alongside the upbringing received at home and the religious values and cultural traditions instilled from birth.This personal attachment understandably drives intense passions, amplified when one’s own children are involved, while all patriotic citizens will feel that education policy has enormous, lasting consequences for their country.
