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There is an erroneous partnership between school- society, home and family going on; and in the middle of it all is the child. More and more parents are withdrawing their children from mainstream education at a time when many professional educationalists have debated and questioned the reality of what we call education today.

There have been many teaching methods developed in the 20th century, but few educational philosophies that challenged the way in which we educate our children to go on to leading meaningful lives and building the society in which we live. Is education simply about producing and extending the means of production of a society, or about creativity and leading productive and constructive lives? Join us on our journey as we explore the nature of the relationship between current schooling, and personal-societal well-being.

The origins of the word education reveal one theory of its function: the Latin educare comes from roots suggesting a “leading out” or “leading forth,” with possible implications of developing innate abilities and of expanding horizons. But can education without the first educators 'parents' achieve this goal and can this goal be achieved without the hearts, hands and minds of the students?

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