Education holds power like no other. It has long been a weapon against the perpetuating cycle of poverty and a stepping stone toward a better quality of life.
As a testament to this, UNESCO adopted the Convention Against Discrimination in Education in 1996 to underscore everyone’s right to education. Further strengthening this, international organizations committed to Millennium Development Goal 2 and Sustainable Development Goal 4 to promote lifelong learning opportunities for all.
While equal access to education remains a challenge, hope continues to rise through groups that provide staunch support to global initiatives. In a similar vein, the SM group–through its social good arm SM Foundation–carries out the belief of its founder, Henry “Tatang” Sy Sr. Tatang believed that when one family member finishes college, that scholar can help another sibling go to school and together, they can lift their family out of poverty. This gave life to the SM College Scholarship Program.
