Nelson mandela education change

“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.”

This quote by Nelson Mandela is one of the most famous sayings on the value of education. But why did this quote become so famous and what makes it so poignant?

On the eve of our last Cambridge Schools Conference for the 2018-19 cycle on the theme of ‘creating the conditions for success’ in Cape Town, it is fitting to reflect on how Mandela’s approach to education can inspire us when creating the conditions for our learners to succeed.

In a life of extremes, education was a constant

Before his death in 2013 at the age of 95, the former President of South Africa, led an extraordinary life. From 25 years of imprisonment, to becoming the first democratically elected President of his nation and jointly winning the Nobel Peace Prize.

In his 1994 autobiography, Long Walk to Freedom Mandela describes how education intertwined the different events in his life.

He discusses the Western-style English-l