Shabait.com (Asmara)
8 August 2007
opinion
Asmara — The 6th round cadre training is undergoing at the School of Social Studies in Nakfa town. The successive cadre training during the armed struggle for independence had a crucial role in raising the awareness and realization of the vision and objectives of the Eritrean people. Since this target and objectives does not come to an end with the victory of the armed struggle for independence, the continuation of inculcating the desired ideology among the people has been found indispensable recognizing its role in nation building.
Human beings are ceaselessly working hard with the aspiration of achieving a better future in which they could lead a life of happiness with secure provision of food shelter and occupation. This being a universal desire of all societies, its realization has become the challenge of all-human brain and especially philosophers. And as a result new ideas have been emerging from time to time. The society that outlines and pursues the most pronounced ideology and inculcates it in an organized way among the community has a better chance of attaining sustainable development. Hence the core of contemporary development of society is mainly the inventiveness of the human brain and the ideology upheld by the society. Besides the natural features of the world, all the other ingredients are the products of human ideology. In brief man lives through the power of ideology. The speed of the expedition and the outcome differs in accordance to the development and dissemination of the ideology.
A society that has no vision and coherent ideology that illustrates its principles and social values delineates its aspirations and satisfies its interest could not progressively advance and continue its existence. As the saying goes, you march forward the same distance that you look backward; a country or a society that has not developed plausible and regular ideology cannot be identified from where it came from, in what condition it is existing and where it is heading. Moreover, as a boat which has lost its direction as a consequence of lack of a pilot and map is doomed to destruction.
The objective of cadre training is, therefore, to inculcate on the minds of the people the ideology that could empower the society in its endeavors to attain its desired development. Without having coherent and lucid idea it would be impossible to grasp one's aspiration and objective. During the armed struggle for independence the EPLF with the maxim "when ideology is inculcated into the minds of the people it becomes material power" had worked hard to raise the political awareness of the people and the freedom fighters under an organized aspiration and finally to victory. Hence, the victory achieved is the outcome of the national ideology the Eritrean people developed. The objective of the Eritrean people is not to stand idle after the attainment of independence. Securing independence is one element of its objective. The ultimate objective of the Eritrean people is to build a nation in which there exists a complete social justice. A country that provides value to its people and one that is respected by others. The Eritrean people already have a clear ideology and a cumulated experience to realize its objectives. The success of this ideology will be realized into the mind of every citizen. That is why the training of cadres is not only being successively provided but is also set to continue.
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