Talking Education In DRCongo With Mickaella Moyogo

Mickaella Angelica Moyogo, a writer, an inspirational and motivational life coach expert and our Miss Congo USA 2015, shared her thoughts on today’s education in the DRCongo.

Answering to the question of whether today’s education in Congo fully prepared children for this century and those to come, Mickaella shared that she believes there are many aspects to be considered.
“First of all, every child around the country have access to quality education. The Democratic Republic of Congo must has a population estimate of 84,068,091 of which 46.3% were below the age of 15 in 2010. According to a report by Radio Okapi, in 2016, only 7 million children and adolescents had access to school. The country is still suffering from wars too, and they’re still areas in the country like Isiro where education is provided but not in the safest and most adequate environment for the children. It is said that the youth is the hope of tomorrow, so the first step to prepare them to meet the needs of this century and those to come, is full access to quality, modern, sophisticated and adequate education in a safe environment. By doing so, they can fully adapt to the different changes especially economical of the century.”

In every society, teachers serve many roles. They inspire, motivate, encourage and educate learners. But there’s another set which she thinks is crucial. It is supporting the children during their growth as future adults. “The teachers come technically second after the children’s families because children spend most of their time between their houses and their schools. So the role of the teachers should be to provide guidance and education that will build the adults those children will grow into when they will face the challenges of the country. They should prepare them for that moment when they will be in a position to provide solutions that will foster the growth of the country.”

Now, What’s Next With Education?

Mickaella believes that the most exciting or effective learning environment for children in Congo should be one that fosters the creativity of the child and adult-to-be, and the one that will grow and sharpen their critical thinking ability. By doing so, they will be able to provide solutions that will advance the economy of the country. “And even in the perfect environment, assessing how effectively children are learning is crucial”, she added.

For Mickaella, the most effective way to judge the effectiveness and efficiency of an educational system in our society is simply by looking at “the results, the advancements we can witness in our community.” She believes the DRCongo is “suffering mostly from intellectual poverty rather than economic.” And, the role of the Congolese government within education should be to “ultimately invest in the next generation by providing free education to all the children around the country. They should invest in the intellectual heritage they will be handing over to the coming generations because the future of the country depends on the quality of the intellectual heritage that is passed on, and the hands with the responsibility of carrying it.”

But even as we progress towards a future where education is accessible to all Congolese children around the country and at no cost to them at all, it’s important to keep in mind that “every nation around the world [probably] faces the same challenges, so there are great chances that a reform that has visibly worked in a certain country and brought great success, will work in our country as well,” while also assessing that “this does not apply to every reform chosen. Only the ones that benefit both the government and the people. It’s Democracy.”

Mickaella’s favorite experience throughout her education was her history classes because it “exposes the roots of many problems this century is facing. Where there is a harvest of fruits, there are roots somewhere that have grown and still grow deep in the soil.”

Mickaella hopes that in the next 100 years of education in Congo, there will be a “modern, innovative, sophisticated, inventive, and free [education] for every child around the country, provided the safest environment possible.” We are confident to say that such a dream can become true with a reform in the education system which the Congolese government must promulgate.

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