By JOHN MORRIS
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| World of information . . . tomorrow's peaceful world begins with today's peaceful education |
The organisation, Education International, defines Peace Education in a way that closely matches to Peace Party policy on education in general:
"Peace Education is integrated comprehensive education focusing on life skills covering human rights, democracy, international understanding, tolerance, non-violence, multiculturalism, and all other values conveyed through the school curriculum.
"These are not just lessons for the classroom but lessons for life of immediate relevance, empowering individuals to achieve a just society in which all human rights of all persons are valued and respected.
"Peace education applies to the contents of all curricula, at every level in the education system.
"Peace education is the all-round education of each individual. Peace education should be extended to all learners, including refugee and migrant children, children from minorities and disabled with the objective of promoting equal opportunities through education.
"The training of teachers, education workers and all education stakeholders, including staff from ministries and departments of education is crucial. Educators promote the development of the whole person, so as to enable everyone to contribute to society in a caring and responsible manner.
"In order to recruit and retain the best teachers, governments should give priority to adequate salary, which must provide teachers with a reasonable standard of living for themselves and for their families, as well as the means of enhancing their professional qualifications by developing their knowledge and improving their cultural resources.
"Governments must also focus on providing attractive working conditions including small class sizes, career paths and more opportunities for professional growth and development, financial and other incentives, and support systems for new teachers, such as mentoring programs.
"In order to recruit and retain the best teachers, governments should give priority to adequate salary, which must provide teachers with a reasonable standard of living for themselves and for their families, as well as the means of enhancing their professional qualifications by developing their knowledge and improving their cultural resources.
"Governments must also focus on providing attractive working conditions including small class sizes, career paths and more opportunities for professional growth and development, financial and other incentives, and support systems for new teachers, such as mentoring programs.
"Education is a participatory and interactive process of instruction and learning, and the curriculum and pedagogy should give prominence to understanding the wealth of distinctive cultural and linguistic characteristics, in response to globalization.
"The educational context should provide programmes addressing psychological and physical violence, including cyber-bullying, through violence prevention, conflict resolution and mediation in all levels of education."
It will be in line with the above philosophies that Peace Party will be working towards with regards to improving the state of the nation's education.
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