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Link to Peace Education
Document EDUCATION Humanity
faces challenges of unprecedented proportions such as continued development of
weapons of mass destruction, conflicts between states and ethnic groups,
community violence, racism, the huge widening gap between the rich and the poor,
massive violation of human rights and the degradation of the environment all
rooted in diversity. One of the solutions to avert a fight for dominance, which
could lead to conflict and consequential breakdown of peace, lies in integrated
teaching of peace to foster the promotion of tolerance and improve world order. The
campaign for peace education at community levels is intended to encourage
critical thinking and promote human dignity through making learners act on their
convictions, which can better serve as an ultimate solution where international
interventions cannot be a reality. NPI
understands that promoting values relating to peace and non violence as opposed
to the traditional pedagogical approaches of teachers, coupled to the problems
of high levels of school dropouts in early formal education process, poorly
trained and remunerated teachers, lack of resources and differing work
environments for dropouts, education for peace need to take place (or possess
elements of) within and without schools, thus our strategy to peace education.
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