South Sudan To Include Peace In Education Curriculum
The Ministry of General Education and Instruction and the Ministry of Youth Culture and Sports with the support of UNICEF are holding a workshop to strengthen the ministry’s approaches on mainstreaming peace in education curriculum. 25 February 2013 Kuol Atem Bol, the acting Director General for Alternative Education speaking to the press. [Misuk Moses Mule] By Misuk Moses Mule JUBA, 25 February 2013 [Gurtong]- The workshop is set under the theme “Using a better understanding context to meet current challenges and build a more responsive approach to education in South Sudan within the frame work of the Naivasha conference action plan.” According to Kuol Atem Bol, the acting Director General for Alternative Education, the workshop is set to ensure that peace education is included as a component in all the subjects. This comes after the Naivasha International conference on Peace Education the was held from 4th to 6th December last year for post conflict countries. “Peace education is very important for our generation because especially if it is masterminded in the national curriculum so that children grow in peaceful environment,” he said. He added that the move is to ensure peace where children will not talk about themselves in terms of tribes to create a generation that will love each other for peaceful coexistence. “We are saying that peace education should be included in all the subjects of the national school curriculum,” Atem said. Posted in: Home, Education, Governance -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
