A big problem - may it never be solved! LAHORE: 12th June 2006 -- Fr Miguel writes: "Finally,
after much work and overcoming obstacles, the
first group of 47 students of Don Bosco Technical and Youth Centre were
able to sit for
their Public Examinations to have their Certificates recognized by the
Government. Examinations lasted four days and different examiners were
sent to our
Centre to test the boys. Yesterday one of them approached me, and
showing me the
Result Sheet told me: 'your boys are all over 250 marks, out of a total
of 300. I have never seen anything like this'.
"Now think of this fact:
in a country like Pakistan,
with all the implications: a group of Christian boys (95% of those who
took the
exams) is greeted and admired by Muslim examiners… These have been days
to remember somebody who remains deep in our hearts: Fr. Hans Dopheide
who
pioneered our presence in Lahore
and worked hard to see the boys joining these exams. It all means that
our
presence in the country is starting to bear fruits.
"What is not so easy for people to understand
is how we motivate the boys to study and be trained so well, that is,
how we manage to succeed where the other schools failed with them
(almost none of
them had completed Basic Education). I just give away more and more
copies
of the Preventive System… And in the meantime, thanks be to God, we
face
a serious problem: every time we think of a best trainee to be prepared
as
instructor he ends up applying to join us as a Salesian. The last
example is a
Welding Technician, who is about to complete his 18 months Welding
Course after
graduating with honors here and when he is about to start earning money
he says
he has decided to be a Salesian. And so even if we have already sent 4
postulants to the Philippines
this year we find now 6 candidates among us… A big problem - may it
never
be solved!
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