The world celebrates International Teachers’ Day on October 5 of each year, as education plays a fundamental and decisive role in preventing conflicts and building peace and stability.
In the message of the Secretary-General of the Norwegian Council for Tolerance and Peace on the occasion of this day, he said: It has become necessary for every person to deserve a good education and knowledge of the values that will help them become global citizens in tolerant societies that respect diversity.
On this occasion, the Norwegian Council for Tolerance and Peace is interested in the role that education can play in promoting global citizenship. It is not enough to teach children to read, write and arithmetic. Rather, education must spread respect towards others and towards the world and help people build more just societies characterized by more inclusiveness and peace, and this type Education is the core of the Education First initiative launched by nations around the world, which calls on governments to put education at the top of their agenda. It is noted that there are fifty-seven million children who are still deprived of education, and millions more are in need of better education, as she said. The Pakistani student Malala Yousafzai was subjected to an assassination attempt by the Taliban because of her struggle for the right to education before the United Nations. One teacher, one book, one pen can change the world.
For his part, the President of the Council renewed the call to all countries and governments, expressing that education in order to spread a culture of peace and tolerance in contemporary societies has become an urgent necessity. Today, education is required to aim to resist the influence of factors that lead to fear of others and their exclusion, and to help young people develop their abilities. On independence of opinion and critical and moral thinking, educational policies, programmes, curricula and other educational materials should contribute to enhancing understanding, solidarity and tolerance among individuals and combating violence and extremism. This is what UNESCO called for when it stressed the need to improve the quality of school curricula by including human values to achieve peace. Social cohesion and respect for human rights and human dignity to achieve peace and social cohesion.
The ambassadors of the Norwegian Council for Tolerance and Peace believe that cultivating a culture of peace through education is important because education is what supports the values of truth, equality, understanding, and peaceful coexistence. Therefore, education is one of the most important means of overcoming the evil of ignorance and hatred. Through education, full awareness is achieved, learning about other cultures, and learning how to We respect and value differences
