{"id":225360,"date":"2026-01-29T10:53:32","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T10:53:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ycdei.com\/?p=225360"},"modified":"2026-01-29T11:11:53","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T11:11:53","slug":"education-is-the-most-powerful-weapon-which-you-can-use-to-change-the-world-nelson-mandela","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ycdei.com\/?p=225360","title":{"rendered":"\u201cEducation is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.\u201d \u2014 Nelson Mandela"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Education is often reduced to classrooms, textbooks, and examinations. But in reality, education goes far beyond academic learning. It is about shaping values, building awareness, and equipping young people with the tools they need to navigate life confidently and responsibly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At YcDEI, our school visits and outreaches are designed to complement formal education by engaging pupils and students on topics that build confidence, encourage critical thinking, and promote inclusion. Through interactive sessions, we create safe spaces where young people can learn about their rights and responsibilities, challenge harmful norms, and make informed choices about their future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As we mark International Day for Education, we are reminded that access to education also means access to information that empowers and protects. True education equips young people not just to succeed academically but to contribute positively to their communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At YcDEI, we remain committed to education that informs, engages, and empowers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/ycdei.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-01-28-at-10.54.22-AM-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-225363\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ycdei.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-01-28-at-10.54.22-AM-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/ycdei.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-01-28-at-10.54.22-AM-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/ycdei.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-01-28-at-10.54.22-AM-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/ycdei.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-01-28-at-10.54.22-AM-600x450.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/ycdei.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/WhatsApp-Image-2026-01-28-at-10.54.22-AM.jpeg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Education is often reduced to classrooms, textbooks, and examinations. But in reality, education goes far beyond academic learning. It is about shaping values, building awareness, and equipping young people with the tools they need to navigate life confidently and responsibly. At YcDEI, our school visits and outreaches are designed to complement formal education by engaging [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":225362,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"give_campaign_id":0,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[61,179,177,58],"class_list":["post-225360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-education","tag-fid","tag-impact","tag-ngo"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ycdei.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225360","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ycdei.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ycdei.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ycdei.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ycdei.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=225360"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ycdei.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225360\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":225364,"href":"https:\/\/ycdei.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/225360\/revisions\/225364"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ycdei.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/225362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ycdei.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=225360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ycdei.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=225360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ycdei.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=225360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}