Sixth International Education Day is celebrated on January 24, 2024 under the Motto “Learning for lasting peace” as the world witnesses a wave of violent conflict in parallel alarming increase in discrimination, racism, xenophobia and hate speech.
The impact of this violence crosses all boundaries based on geography, gender, race, religion, politics, offline and online.
A Active commitment to peace is more urgent today than ever: The Education is essential in this endeavor, as highlighted in the UNESCO Recommendation on Education for Peace, Human Rights and Sustainable Development.
He Peace learning must be transformative and help provide students with the knowledge, values, attitudes, skills and behaviors they need to do so become mediators of peace in their communities.
Educate with tenderness in the schools of Latin America and the Caribbean for peaceful coexistence
The Experiences of violence in schools that children and young people suffer in Latin America it is very high: 4 out of 10 suffer from bullying at school in the region, with indigenous children, migrants and refugees most at risk.
As for this last population, More than 50% of children and young people remain outside the education system the region due to poverty, discrimination and xenophobia (R4V, 2020).
The evidence further suggests that the Experiences of violence are also reproduced at home and other common areas.
In the Regional survey “Encounter with the heart” 2023, conducted on boys and girls aged 10 to 17 from 13 countries in the region, 8 out of 10 think their schools are unsafe; 4 in 10 assume that their teachers do not talk to them to understand what is happening to them; 8 out of 10 believe that forgiveness, reparation and reconciliation practices are not taking place in their schools and 9 out of 10 do not share their worries and sadness with their teachers.
It is not enough to say “no to violence in all its forms” in schools. A different approach is urgently needed. “To educate with tenderness means Put the student at the center of educational actionnot as an object that learns, but as a human being with cognitive, emotional and social conditions specific issues that need to be addressed,” explains Daniel Yepez, World Vision Peru Education Coordinator and Education Director for World vision Latin America and the Caribbean.
“Education based on the recognition of children's rights, abilities and responsibilities to care for their peers enables boys and girls to be protagonists of educational actions. This feeling of Education must fundamentally be geared towards inclusive, peaceful, democratic and intercultural coexistence.with socio-emotional wellbeing as the foundation of all lifelong learning,” he adds.
He Learning peaceful coexistence in schools will influence the desired society.where different people can dialogue with each other and respect each other, in this diversity Building countries of prosperity and justicethey claim from the NGO.
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