There has been much talk in the media recently about the ‘green shoots of recovery’ (real or imagined), but also of the role education might play in driving the country out of recession.
It’s fashionable to suggest that there needs to be an increased emphasis on vocational routes to individual career choices — on education serving the economy. I would argue, however, that this reflects a philosophy which involves ‘putting the cart before the horse’ (heretical as that may sound in the current climate), and that a distinctively Christian vision of what education is, and what it is for, offers a far better hope of a well-educated and effective workforce than its secular equivalent.
Degraded education
‘Seek ye first’, as C.S. Lewis observed, operates as a kind of spiritual law in the universe. Aim at heaven, and you’ll get earth thrown in. Aim at earth, and you’ll get neither.
