Ka Wai Ola - Office of Hawaiian Affairs, Volume 13, Number 11, 1 November 1996 — Educating young Hawaiians [ARTICLE]

Educating young Hawaiians

I applaud OHA in its efforts to 3 assist Hawaiian youth to obtain ■ higher education. This is maika'i 9 nui. But we have mueh to do. We H need to increase the number of our W young people with post-secondary 9 degrees. The 1990 census tract 9 data indicates only 12 percent of ■ Hawaiians 25 years and older have ■ degrees, compared with 20 percent h nationally. With the coming of h sovereignty, we must be able to ■ bring together the necessary peo- B ple skills to govern and manage a b new nation in a modern worId. ■ The Polynesian Education and ;JR; Scholastic Foundation, a private b non-profit organization founded 8 by Hawaiians on Moku Honu, B have been quietly assisting Hawai- ■ ian college students. The founda- ■ tion has also sponsored private h S.A.T. tutoring courses for high 9 school students. The foundation H believes that by increasing the E number of Hawaiians who have H college degrees, our community as h a whole will ultimately benefit. h And to all Hawaiian organizations h who are helping our youth with h their education, our deepest aloha h and mahalo to you. The search for h knowledge and the development h of skills to benefit our people has ■ always been the traditional path of ■ our nā kahuna kāhiko a me nā e ■ kumu. This is pono kapu. h Kilipaka Kawaihonu Nahili h Ontai, ALA H Kahuna Kuhikuhi Pu'uone h