Abstract
“Peace is a universal necessity.” - Abraham Lincon
Peace has never been an option for humankind. It has been one of the founding pillars of humanity & in an age where knowledge & access to people has no boundaries, education is the one tool, which can build a sound base for world peace.
Peace education empowers learners with the knowledge, skills, attitudes and values necessary to end violence and injustice and promote a culture of peace. We live in a world laden with nuclear explosives, hoarded by nations across the globe, hoping that no one country needs to ever use.
Science and technology has made our lives comfortable and easy and at the same time give weapons of mass destruction in the hands of many. The effects of war, if one should ever happen again, will be far more devastating this time than it has ever been. Peace education is teaching for and about human rights, gender equality, disarmament, social and economic justice, non-violence, sustainable development, international law and traditional peace practices. the world can not afford to have a war.
People cannot just stand by watching the increase in the number of war that result in displacement of people and resources, allowing poverty to spread and become even more deep rooted rather than being able to eradicate it. resource that should otherwise be used for education, health, well being and welfare of the masses is instead being utilised for the acquisition of weapons.
The various Ministries of Education have to prepare our generations to not just read and write but to also be more understanding and thoughtful towards their surroundings and communities around them to make the difference that we need to see.
UNESCO and UN has been making continuous and consistent efforts for people to rise up & by launching initiatives like the UNESCO Prize for Peace Education, etc.
NCERT believes that peace education should find a significant place in all streams of the school curriculum to evolve a vision for social harmony and justice. NCERT pointed out that the national framework of education had involved peace education as an important issue in view of the fact that it was not yet fully incorporated into the study courses.
The authors conducted a one day workshop with the teachers of Vikhe Patil Memorial School, Pune. The focus of the workshop was discussions on integration of peace values into the formal teaching and learning process in the classroom. The aim of the present paper is to highlight the findings of a study about the level of awareness of in-service primary school teachers.
Dr. Smita Phatak is a professor at the Tilak College of Education, Pune and has an illustrious career as an educator & a facilitator for education.
Ms. Pinaze P. Dubash is pursuing her Ph.D in Education from Tilak Maharashtra Vidyapeeth, Pune, after completing her B.Ed from H. G. M. Azam College, in 2009 and her M.Ed from Tilak College of Education in 2010.
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