00:00 Under the theme, "The importance of a relevant education system in forging an effective nation,"
00:06 Archbishop Jason Gordon reminded the audience that change is constant and ever so needed
00:12 within the system.
00:13 He said in this era of change, a lot of what we knew and trusted before has been called
00:19 into question.
00:20 The temptation is to try to hold on to a narrow view of what was and try to hold it in the
00:28 current era and to ensure that somehow it remains entrenched.
00:34 But there's an opportunity here, and I think the opportunity is to open our imagination
00:40 and to see education from new perspectives and having a new mandate.
00:48 He added that the advancement of technology and the failure of the system continue to
00:53 be a problem.
00:54 And we have to ask ourselves, what is the value of education when content is so readily
01:03 available on the net to everyone?
01:09 But that's not the deepest problem.
01:13 The problem that we have is that we have analog natives designing and teaching and educating
01:23 digital natives in a 19th century classroom.
01:28 The Archbishop said that young men are of a particular concern to the Catholic Church,
01:33 and more attention needs to be paid to getting them more involved and engaged in productive
01:37 activities that would produce responsible citizens.
01:42 We need our young men engaged in becoming a man.
01:47 We need them engaged in becoming a man of faith.
01:50 We need them engaged in becoming a great citizen of this beautiful and wonderful twin island
01:56 Republic of Trinidad and Tobago.
01:59 And this is not business as usual.
02:03 The five inductees into the Hall of Fame are the late Louis Patrick Arnold, the late Dr.
02:09 Samuel Frank Gurlala, Bishop Clyde Harvey, Carlos He Hung, and the late Professor Julian
02:17 Kenney.
02:19 The third induction ceremony included a packed program which was chaired by Dr. Terence Farrell.
02:24 Bishop Clyde Harvey responded on behalf of the inductees, offered thanks, and gave some
02:30 advice to the committee.
02:32 It is amazing to Carlos and myself that we should be inducted into the St. Mary's College
02:39 Hall of Fame by two Fatima Old Boys.
02:44 I don't understand that at all.
02:49 So Alumni Foundation, if you want me to respect your title, for God's sake invite me back
02:55 here to be inducted into the St. Mary's College Hall of Fame by two St. Mary's Boys.
03:00 Amen.
03:01 Aksha Galston, TV6 News.
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