Peace education is an attempt to respond to the problem of conflict and violence on scales ranging from global and national to local and personal. It is about ways of creating more just and sustainable futures – R.D. Laing.
Peace education is skill building: It empowers children to find creative and no destructive ways to settle conflict and live in harmony with themselves others and their world... Peace building is the task of every human being and the challenge of the human family – Fran Schmidt & Alice Friedman.
Henry Thoreau, Tolstoy Rousseau and Maria Montessori
Maria Montessori in particular voiced the need for peace education. According to her peace was not only cessation of war Peace has many positive qualities. Violence destroys the moral perceptions of human. Rousseau believed that man was moral and peaceful by nature and this should be protected and not be allowed to corrupt by the society
Buddha, Mahavir, Guru Nanak Mahatma Gandhi scriptures Bhagwat Geeta Vedas
Mahatma Gandhi the Father of nation gifted the world his noble and novel way of destroying evil with the use of non- violence.
Reaffirm The dignity and worth of the individual irrespective of gender race religion or any other stratification. Establish Conditions where inequality injustice and discrimination are eliminated and international law can be maintained. Promote Social freedom social progress and better standards of living.
Sensitize The human race to the possibilities of global suffering through nuclear war. Build A culture of peace which will help the growth of human race culturally socially and economically. Develop a culture of peace that wills elements violence from our families’ societies and nation’s elimination of violence that is both direct and indirect and bring positive
Gender Caste Religion Language region
Education should act as a force of sensitizing individuals Build a positive environment for the growth of proper attitudes. Cultural attitudes are difficult to break If there is a will for peace there will be a way for peace.