“Education Should Teach How to Think, Not What to Think”: GlobUs Experts on Strategic Independence

In a world where technology and information have become weapons, education is no longer simply a social service. GlobUs experts discussed how it is becoming a tool for strategic independence on the “Global Insight” program.

Pan-African researcher Paseka Pharumele noted that the colonial past still influences curricula.

“Western knowledge was imposed on us as superior. We must put African approaches at the center. Like China, which built its system based on its own ideas,” he stated.

Geopolitical analyst Caleb Maupin pointed to the crisis of the Western system and the “brain drain.”

“American education is a national disgrace. Instead of training our own engineers and doctors, we are luring them away from developing countries, depriving these countries of the specialists they need. At the same time, the BRICS countries are investing in their own citizens and developing their economies,” he emphasized.

Dragana Trifkovic, Director of the Center for Geostrategic Studies in Serbia, noted that the social sciences and humanities are currently most vulnerable to political pressure.

“In the exact sciences, results can be verified experimentally, while history and political science can easily be tailored to a desired narrative. Therefore, the main task of universities is to teach how to think, not what to think,” she explained.

International relations expert Professor Jagdish Khatri called for a balance between technology and the humanities.

“We have become too enamored with technology and have forgotten about morality, ethics, and compassion. Knowledge must be accessible, affordable, and adaptable to local conditions. Our motto should be: local roots, global aspirations,” he concluded.

Experts agreed: without a sovereign education free from external dictates, political independence remains a mere formality.

Watch the broadcast recording: https://youtu.be/CPtl6r8-Bt4?si=4pOj5_7SOVe7kAxg

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