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Transforming Education for Peace, Humanity & Sustainability

2022; RELX Group (Netherlands); Linguagem: Inglês

10.2139/ssrn.4258250

1556-5068

Pravat Kumar Dhal,

Peace and Human Rights Education

The beautiful Globe is booming with violence, terror, falsehood, obscurity and evil activities. A good number of human beings indulge in these odious activities due to selfishness. Man has gone to the moon and mars, but has not gone inwards to himself. Science has invented various miraculous devices for blessings of humankinds, but it has turned to curse due to misuse. They have acquired a lot of information or knowledge, but lack of wisdom. It appears that they are moving towards a great catastrophe. This is the sign of radical change in the world. The night before dawn is deep dark. In this terrible moment, human being has to think deeply and has to go inward to find the root causes. Time immemorial education has been experimenting and diversifying. In this digital age everything seems mundane. Life appears in turmoil. The earth is trembling by devious actions of ignorant people. In this circumstance, it is common thought of human beings to establish peace in this lovely world. To get peace men have to go to the core part of being the psychic. It is the leader of the march. The nature of the psychic is semblance with soul, i.e. Truth, Beauty, Power, Love, Wisdom, Light, Peace etc. These are Godly qualities. For peace and harmony, men have to discover the psychic and follow the integral approach of education. The essence of this education is fusion of spirit and matter. Here both teacher and taught seek together the wisdom. School will be considered as a Temple where every learner will go with love. God is the source of all knowledge. The teacher is a medium to connect the learner with the SourcePeace is considered as a holistic endeavor that aims at the comprehensive development of persons. Peace encourages the practice of values such as love, truth, justice, equality, tolerance, harmony, humility, togetherness, and self-control. Peace education seeks to nurture the knowledge, skills, attitudes, and values that comprise a culture of peace. It is a long-term proactive strategy to nurture peaceful persons who resolve conflicts non-violently in educational institution. Peace education enhances the physical, emotional, intellectual, and social growth of children within a framework of human values.