A significant victory for the Students Division of SSA. Soka Gakkai is an organization, though based on Nichiren Buddhism, is a dynamic organization that aims to promote Peace, Culture and Education in our secular world. Here in Singapore, SSA is very well-known for its efforts in culture with participation in NDP and Chingay. The average Singaporean has no problem identifying SSA with NDP, a national celebration which we have supported for 25 years and counting.

But that is only a third of our community activities. Today, the 2ns Student Peace Lecture took place with the attendance of many distinguished educators in Singapore. The lecture was on “Education: A Singapore Perspective” presented by Professor Cham Tao Soon, the man who can be said to shape the tertiary education in Singapore with his involvement in three of our local universities. The event was also chaired by Professor Leo Tan, who is currently the director of NIE, the main institute tasked with the training of educators in Singapore.

I am truly honored to be involved in the main committee such a signification event in the field of Education. I am also very proud that this Lecture, from conceptualization to the execution, is fully done by the Students Division. The SD had truly growth in the six years that I had been here.

My only regret is that my Principal was unable to attend this event at the last minute. But I will persevere. As long as I remain in this school I am teaching at, I will spare no energy to influence it in the direction of an institute imbued with the qualities of humanistic education.