Instrumentalising education doesn’t help bring peace

Instrumentalising education doesn’t help bring peace Police officers stand guard outside a school in the Jaranwala town of Faisalabad, Pakistan, August 21, 2023, set up as a temporary shelter for the members of Pakistan’s Christian community who were displaced after sectarian violence. Photo: OSV News/Charlotte Greenfield, Reuters

Learning for lasting peace is a pipe-dream for many who don’t get to school, writes Dualta Roughneen The sixth International Day of Education will be celebrated on January 24, under the theme “learning for lasting peace”, with the assumption that education contributes to more peaceful societies. The idea is that the more educated a society…

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