“ Malo e tau mo hono tauhi mo ta'omaki hotau pola Limu mo Helu. 'Oku fefe hotau kava? 'O kapau 'oku motu'a pea fakatau mai ai leva ha'aku kava kae toki hoko atu 'ae talanga moe talanoa! 'Oku tau ngali mo'unofoa hono talanga mo talanoa 'ae me'afua, me'asivi pe me'alau (measuring device, which is merely good as a device) 'oe 'ilo moe poto he ako kae tukunoa mo mo'ungaloa 'ae 'ilo 'oku ma'u he ako (knowledge in itself, that is, knowledge production) moe poto hono faka'aonga 'ae 'ilo (skill in using knowledge, that is, knowledge application).
'Oku toki mo'oni heni hono fakamanatu mai 'e Helu 'ae lea heliaki malie 'ae kau Papalangi, "'Oku fakamu'omu'a 'ae saliote he hoosi (putting the cart before the horse)," 'aia ka 'ikai pe koe havehave 'ae saliote koe lavelavea 'ae hoosi pe koe havehave 'ae saliote mo lavelavea 'ae hoosi fakatouloua! 'Oku tomu'a ma'u mo lau 'ae 'ilo moe poto pea toki tomui tufunga mo fa'u leva 'ae me'afua, me'asivi pe me'alau kae 'ikai mu'omu'a 'ae me'afua, me'asivi pe me'alau kae muimui 'ae ma'u pe 'oe 'ilo moe poto.
'E lava ke fokotu'u hono ma'u 'ae 'ilo koe tama'imata 'oe ako (internal quality of education as an intellectual process) moe poto hono faka'aonga 'ae 'ilo (external quality of education as an outcome for human use). 'Oku hange pe koe me'afua, me'asivi pe me'alau, 'aia 'oku ngaue'aki ke fua / sivi / lau 'ae maaka / kai 'oe tu'unga / tukunga 'oe 'ilo moe poto he ako (where examination or assessment as a system is merely a device that is external and secondary to the process and outcome / use of education).
'Oku tupu mei fakamamafa 'etau filosofi moe sisitemi ako lotolotonga he poto pe hono faka'aonga 'ae 'ilo (applied and vocational education) he'etau "fakaongo" kihe "fakapopula" 'a 'Aositelelia mo Nu'usila 'ae matu'aki ma'uhinga ke liliu leva, 'o tau fatu mo tufunga ha'atau filosofi moe sistemi ako "tau'ataina," 'aia 'oku mu'omu'a ai 'ae ma'u 'oe 'ilo he ako (knowledge production) he poto pe hono faka'aonga 'ae 'ilo he ako (knowledge application) PE fakamamafa fakatou'osi he ma'u 'oe 'ilo he ako moe poto hono faka'aonga 'ae 'ilo he ako.
'Oku 'asi lelei 'eni hono toutai 'e 'Amelika Lahi he ngaahi ta'u 'ape 'e 30 'etau ika fakataha moe Moana Pasifiki, 'o nau tanaki 'ae lau piliona kae ma'u ai 'etau US$500,000-00 'ape, 'o 'uhinga
koe 'ikai ha'atau 'ilo moe poto, fakataha moe tekinolosia moe pa'anga, fe'unga ke ngaue'aki hono toutai, 'aia koe taha ia 'etau koloa lahi faka'ikonomika, 'o hoko ke tau mo'ui kolekole mo siokai kae 'ikai ke tau mo'ui fa'angaue (thereby changing from a consumption-driven, service-led mode of economy to a production-based mode of economy).
Teu tatau atu kau ki'i afe he kae toki vakai ke palu hotau kava!
ANFF leva e malanga kae tau,
'Ofa fau moe 'anau atu,
Hufanga ”