INTRODUCTION OF KYKO APPLICATIONS IN THE EDUCATION SECTOR

Introduction Children and youths are like young bamboo shoots, malleable and easily shaped. Thus human capital development should begin at home and in schools, and continue in colleges and universities. Parents, teachers, lectures and education officers are educators. They are the architects of nation building. They should join forces to mould students mentally, spiritually, emotionally, morally and physically so that they can contribute constructively and meaningfully to mankind, the nation and the world at large. The primary goal of education is for educators to create ideal human beings. The creation of an ideal human being requires the educator to understand its ingredients. They may be described as follows: A learned human being with love and compassion and the knowledge and skills with the wisdom to use what they have learned for the betterment of mankind. A knowledgeable human being using what they have learned to achieve their personal agenda and dreams at the expense of the sufferings of their fellow man creating anarchies, unrests and chaos in the process. The two main key roles of an educator are: 1. To impart knowledge in his or her area of specialization to their students. Knowledge is defined as concepts and theories in a variety of disciplines or fields to understand the nature of things in the environment of the physical world. 2. To build character focusing on producing students with compassion, kindness, goodness and decency to their fellow man. The first is to develop the head and the second is to develop the heart. Focusing on developing the head and neglecting the development of the heart is likely to create monsters in the form of tyrants, terrorists and hard core criminals capable of using their brains to manipulate their environment to achieve their personal agenda and dreams at the expense of the pain and suffering of their fellow man creating anarchies, unrests and chaos in the process. Developing the heart and neglecting the head is likely to create a bunch of ignorant and mentally handicapped people who becomes victims of their masters. Their masters control, exploit, use and abuse them to achieve their personal aggrandizements. Ideally the educator should strive to develop the head and the heart optimally. If not, at most they should strike a balance in developing the head and the heart. A school is akin to a factory. A factory is a means to produce goods and services to meet societal needs. Likewise, a school is an avenue to produce better quality human beings. It is important to define what constitutes a good school and come up with measures of an ideal school. Is a measure of a good school determined by the academic performance in the form of a number of straight As scored by the students or by the number of students who are loyal, disciplined, caring, compassionate, adaptable, mature and a fully functioning person? Both measures are equally important to develop a comprehensive, quality and world class education that serve to provide a holistic development of the child.

A school is an organization. Organization is as good as her people. It is important to recruit and select quality administrators and educators to run the school. To attract the best caliber people from the market into the educational institutions, they must be adequately compensated and held in high esteem to motivate them to do their best to lead and educate the young ones. Teachers and educators must know KYKO, an acronym for know yourself know others, to generate winning strategies to develop and educate their students effectively. If you know yourself and your students you are likely to be successful in educating them. If you know yourself but know not your students; for every student you successfully educated, there will be a failure. If you know neither yourself nor your students you are likely to be a failure in educating them.
Bernard A.T. Tan

Suppose in the course of delivering your lesson, you scold a student with a strong need for selfesteem, love and care in front of his or her peers. That particular student will get very upset by your reprimand, besides being hurt. He or she is likely to bear a grudge and will pay a deaf ear to your lesson and future lessons. If you know his or her needs or wants, you will be able to motivate the keenness of that particular student, and to learn to be sensitive to his or her feelings, and to use praises appropriate to situations. The success of a student rests with the development of a strong, positive and dynamic personality. The development of a child's personality begins with the parents. Prior to schooling, every child will have a unique pattern of behavior. Educators have to be trained to recognize these patterns of behavior to develop a complete child. Knowing themselves and their students is vital for educators to provide quality educational leadership for their students. KYKO Psychometric Personality tools are designed especially for educators to diagnose the five dimensions of the student personality to help him or her in the following areas: Psychological Health Self-Actualizing Dimension the need, desire or want for achievement, growth, fulfillment and to find meanings in life. Self actualization is the need, want or desire for achievement, growth, and fulfillment and to live a constructive life. High self-actualized students are psychologically advantageous and are relatively healthy in their mental and psychological dispositions. They love schooling, chase after grades, make sound ethical and value judgments, have the ability to discern right from wrong with the compulsion or conviction to choose what is right, have a right attitude towards life and engage in functional school activities to grow their potentials. Students who are relatively psychologically handicapped or unhealthy, hate schooling and tend to exhibit deviant behavior. They lack interest and motivation in their studies, lack sound judgment and the ability to discern right from wrong, have the wrong attitude towards life and often engaging in dysfunctional activities.

Sociability Sociocentric Dimension The need, desire or want for affection, care, affiliation, social interaction and acceptance. High sociocentric students are gregarious, talkative, outgoing, like partying and making new friends and have a deep well for feelings. They enjoy companionship, seek social interactions, and prefer to work in groups. Low sociocentric students are aloof, impersonal, reserved, guarded, inhibited and prefer to do things on their own. Self-Confidence Egocentric Dimension the need, desire or want for power, image, control and to take charge. High Egocentric students have high need for self esteem and confidence. They are ambitious, competitive, and decisive and want to take charge. The low egocentric students are permissive, modest, softnatured and prefer to be a follower. Safety, Self-Discipline, Loyalty Security Dimension the need, desire or want for safety, order, system and protection. High security students are meticulous, systematic, obedient, discipline and follow rules and regulations. The low security students enjoy experimenting with ideas and concepts, feel uncomfortable with being regulated and want to be independent and have more leeway to do their own things and to do things their way. Complex and Adaptability Manipulative Dimension The need, desire or want for information, adaptation, change and influence for survival, growth and to satisfy dominant needs. High Manipulative students are alert and aware of the environment, insightful, strategic and are able to adapt, persuade and influence others. The low manipulative students are blurred, straightforward, nave, gullible and can easily be influenced by others. By combining the five categories of the intensities of the five dimensions, KYKO can map out students patterns of behavior. The information can be used to create a student management information system. This system can be used by the Ministry of Education, Education Departments, administrators, principals, educators and parents to identify and provide solutions to the students needs and problems and assist them to grow and self-actualize towards becoming a fully functioning man. Benefits of applying KYKO Below are some examples of benefits of KYKO 1. Character building Character building requires all parties to identify the students strengths and weaknesses.

Example 1: High Self-actualization Strengths High Achiever; Positive mental attitude; Good intellectual skills; Gets satisfaction with own accomplishments; Goal and result-oriented; Responsible and committed; High growth needs; Energetic and enthusiastic; Willing to study long hours; Seeks self-improvement to progress in life; Fast learner; Self-motivated; Strong initiatives. Improvement needs Average self-actualization Lukewarm interest in studies; Average growth needs; Studies inconsistently; Erratic academic performance; Moderate Mental attitude. Weaknesses Low self-actualization Negative mental attitude; Lacks interest in studies; Low achiever; Lacks initiatives; Unmotivated; Irresponsible; Unreliable; Weak thinking skills; Stressed; Feelings of hopelessness - Low respect for ethics; Drifts along aimlessly in life. Example 2 Low self actualization + High Egocentric Rebellious; Hot tempered and stubborn; Likes to brag and talk big; Uses abusive language; Prone to violence; enjoys bullying others. Low self actualization + High Security Fussy, grumpy; Greedy; Easily stressed; Anxious; Imaginative worries; Picky; Complaining; Faultfinding Low self-actualization + High Sociocentric Revengeful; hateful; jealous; poor team player. Knowledge of a child's characteristics as described in the two examples above can be used by both parents and teachers for character building. 2. Counseling, Guidance and Help Students with low self-actualization are frustrated, unhappy and dissatisfied with their environment. They are irrational, tend to avoid responsibilities and have feelings of despair and hopelessness. They need guidance and counseling to help them self-actualize. They also need the help of the school, parent-teacher association and the non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to investigate into their background and issues. Students deprived of their basic and

security needs and who are subjected to abuse should be put in boarding schools, for example. They may otherwise grow up to become potential criminals. 3. Developmental needs Students with low egocentric and sociocentric dimensions lack self-esteem and persistence, and they find difficulty in dealing with others. They are accommodative, permissive, weak-willed, timid, reserved, permissive, subservient, aloof, withdrawn and guarded. The school can help these students to develop these two dimensions through their development programs and co-curricular activities. There are many more developmental areas in which KYKO can be helpful, including the development of leadership, creativity, parenting techniques, vocational guidance, learning techniques and styles, and teaching techniques, to name a few. areas. KYKO products can be customized to meet the requirements of educational institutions as well as these developmental

Bernard Tan