The case for a Department of Culture

IT could be a high time to look into a department that can focus on culture. There used to be a cultural part in the Department of Education, Culture and Sports back in the day, but this was taken out for the agency to focus solely on education. While there is a commission focusing on culture, the connotation of culture is usually and mostly related to the arts and heritage, and largely preservation of such. In covering the history and the heritage altogether, there is a need to do the same as we chart our path to the future to oversee not just an identity, but also the behavior and national mindset, the latter being a critical element given the age of information and technology. In fact, Merriam-Webster has a couple of definitions of culture:

1. Culture as the customary beliefs, social forms and material traits of a racial, religious or social group