“Education is not a way to escape poverty, it is a way to fight it.”
What this quote means
Julius Nyerere, statesman and education thinker, emphasizes here that education is not an individual privilege to escape poverty, but a collective tool to fight it. This quote resonates because it places education in a social and solidarity perspective. It reminds us that access to knowledge must serve to transform living conditions for all, not to widen inequalities. It invites an engaged and emancipatory education.
How to apply it daily
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