The quality of education in Catholic schools should be improved and be an integral service for humanity for the sake of both the nation and the Church. This was the assessment of Bishop Dominikus Saku of Atambua who was addressing hundreds of headmasters and teachers at a June 17 seminar entitled Grand Design of Catholic Schools, held in Atambua in East Nusa Tenggara province. Catholic education should also have Christian characteristics with Jesus Christ as its role model, leading the way to God, and presenting authentic humanity, according to the prelate. “So there must be a transmission of faith that integrally broadcasts the biblical spirit without any distortion,” he asserted.

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2. Graduates should possess good intelligence and spiritual balance, prelate says. The quality of education in Catholic schools should be improved and be an integral service for humanity for the sake of both the nation and the Church.

3. This was the assessment of Bishop DominikusSaku of Atambua who was addressing hundreds of headmasters and teachers at a June 17 seminar entitled Grand Design of Catholic Schools, held in Atambua in East Nusa Tenggara province.

4. Catholic education should also have Christian characteristics with Jesus Christ as its role model, leading the way to God, and presenting authentic humanity, according to the prelate.

5. “So there must be a transmission of faith that integrally broadcasts the biblical spirit without any distortion,” he asserted.

6. In order to reach this goal, he said, the process of education should help students recognize themselves, the environment, society and God as well.

7. “Briefly, it is a holistic education. Otherwise, Catholic education will only create a generation demonstrating an imbalance between intelligence quotient (IQ), emotional intelligence quotient (EQ), and spiritual intelligence quotient (SQ),” he continued.

8. He also suggested that all educational components including the family, society, educational institutions and government should carry out their own obligations more responsibly.

9. VinsensiusBasentiLoe, who heads the Astanara Education Foundation which organized the seminar, acknowledged that 58 Catholic schools managed by the foundation still face challenges. “We, however, are looking to make revitalizing breakthroughs so that Catholic education becomes more professional,” he said.

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