Importance of Peace Education, The power to change world!
A formal peace deal for Colombia was signed in the Cuban capital Havana by the government’s chief negotiator and his counterpart in the largest rebel group the FARC.
The entire globe enjoyed this moment in September, which declared the end of the last military conflict in Latin America.
A Bullets used in combat were transformed into pens to signal the hope of peace in the world when they appeared in the signing of the peace agreement between the Government of Columbia and the FARC (Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia)
The pens was inscribed with this message in Spanish ; "Bullets wrote our past. Education, our future."
Colombians have rejected a peace deal
However, happy-ending soon soured into frustration and disappointment. The result of Colombia's referendum was a narrow rejection of the peace deal.
Voters in Colombia have rejected a landmark peace deal with Farc rebels in a shock referendum result, with 50.2% voting against it.
The major causes for the rejection
First, there was a clear injustice as the peace accord gave great leniency to those in the FARC who violated human rights against citizens.
Second, the FARC's participation in congress with guaranteed seats that was agreed upon as a means of integrating the members back into society was criticized as an undemocratic decision.
National sentiment also weighed heavily against the peace deal. According to the United States Institute of Peace, the higher education offered to the FARC as a benefit of the peace deal inflicted reverse discrimination against the majority of Colombian citizens since that type of quality education has been unattainable for them.
This calls attention to, and shows the necessity of, the message inscribed on the bullets-turned-pens used in the peace deal. Colombia's future vision for a world of peace that overcomes the prevalence of war must be founded on education.
The absence of quality education for the majority of Colombians has resulted in controversy over the benefits given to the FARC as a result of the peace deal.
Peace in Colombia depends on the extent to which people can gain access to equal opportunities in education, through which students learn the values of a coexistence based on peace in their country.
The Colombian government and the country's largest rebel group, the FARC, have signed a revised peace deal.
Colombia is faced with the responsibility to enhance democracy and the quality of life for its citizens.
Now the implementation of the peace deal, with its vision of peace based on education, will be the next step.
This calls attention to, and shows the necessity of, the message inscribed on the bullets-turned-pens used in the peace deal. Colombia's future vision for a world of peace that overcomes the prevalence of war must be founded on education.
The absence of quality education for the majority of Colombians has resulted in controversy over the benefits given to the FARC as a result of the peace deal.
Peace in Colombia depends on the extent to which people can gain access to equal opportunities in education, through which students learn the values of a coexistence based on peace in their country.
Colombia signs new peace deal with FARC
The Colombian government and the country's largest rebel group, the FARC, have signed a revised peace deal.
Colombia is faced with the responsibility to enhance democracy and the quality of life for its citizens.
Now the implementation of the peace deal, with its vision of peace based on education, will be the next step.
Education has the power to change world!
I think that 'peace education' is the most important in education.
If there exists ‘peace education’ to mankind, there won’t be a war which kills and killed each other.
We need to realize that cessation of war is the work of peace.
Race, gender, religion, language, nations, etc.…
With no questions asked, discrimination has to be disappeared on globe and we need to make it happen.
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