Think globally and develop a global perspective, says top Jesuit.

The Superior General of the Society of Jesus Rev. Fr. Adolfo Nicholas has urged Jesuits and their collaborators – teachers, former students and well-wishers to be innovative, creative and critical in their educational processes and provide an education relevant for the times. Addressing a select group of teachers, former students and friends of the Jesuit institutions of Bangalore numbering 450 at St. Joseph’s College of Commerce on 26^th February 2011 he asked educators of Jesuit institutions to be aware of the superficialities of globalisation and not be carried away by changes.

While making a case for a new thinking on pedagogies given the changing times, he desired that Jesuit Education will not only provide education but a good education accessible to the poor as well and create men and women of analysis, mind and spirit to make their contribution to improve the quality of human living. Stressing the place of history in human thought, he stressed the relevance of history for a good education. Fr. Ambrose Pinto SJ, Principal of St. Joseph’s College, welcoming the Jesuit General described him as a visionary and a man on fire to serve God and humanity.

He was warmly welcomed by Fr. Vijayakumar Prabhu SJ, the Rector of St. Joseph’s institutions on behalf of the management, Sri David S, the Vice-President of the St. Joseph’s College Alumni on behalf of former students and Lawrence, a student of St. Joseph’s College on behalf of all students. Dr. Etienne Rassendran while hailing the deep insights of the Superior General on education thanked him for his insights on the place of history in education and his creative and critical responses for re-tuning education for the times.