When I look back at the last 60 years since Malta became an independent country and I ask myself how much have we matured as a nation, the answer is, sadly: very little if at all.
Have we, in fact, grown up? Do we know what we want to be? Do we have a direction?
We are still making an enormous mess of things when left to our own devices at all levels of society.
Self-government needs maturity. Maturity means learning from experience and having an unwavering sense of what is right.
I believe that Malta has been let down by the political class who have not taken the lead to break away from mediocrity and parochialism.
The problem is that everyone, including the political class, is a product of our education system and, unless that is changed, we will never break away from this mess.
Where do we go from here?
I think the solution lies squarely in the way we educate our children.
Nelson Mandela once said: “Education is the most powerful weapon you can use to change the world.”
We need to change the way we educate our children. We must break away from this obsession with academics which forces our children to memorise textbooks like parrots and then forget it all once they have passed their exams. Children should not sit for a single exam before the age of 12.
Children must first become fluent in social skills, creativity, art, the environment, life skills, ethics, music, and beauty before swotting textbooks.
In a recent media interview, the children’s commissioner said there should be a balance between school life, extra-curricular activities and time with the family. ..
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