By Colin Power
This e-book is ready the ability of schooling: the type of schooling that at the same time improves the standard of existence either one of contributors and the broader society. It explains why schooling has to be considered as a easy human correct, as a cost in and of itself, and studies the facts on how schooling builds the human assets that people and international locations must be efficient, to continue learning, to unravel difficulties, to be inventive, and to dwell jointly and with nature in peace and concord. while countries make sure that such an schooling is on the market to all all through their lives, schooling turns into the engine of sustainable improvement – monetary, social, ethical and cultural. The publication is exclusive in that it covers the advance of schooling in any respect degrees in all international locations of the Asia-Pacific zone and past, utilizing the newest overseas information bases, whereas mixing in analyses of either quantitate and qualitative research.
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This not only facilitates the personal development of learners, but also enhances their capacity to be effective in participating in activities designed to improve the quality of life in the community and in the process and institutions of democracy. Meeting and exchanging ideas with people who are from a diverse range of backgrounds helps learners understand and respect other people’s opinions and cultures. In so doing, social cohesion and learning to live together are fostered. At the Millennium Development Goals Summit held in New York in 2010, the present Director-General of UNESCO (Irina Bokova) put it forcefully: “The facts speak for themselves: societies that make education their top developmental priority are more resilient, prosperous, just and peaceful.
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Meeting and exchanging ideas with people who are from a diverse range of backgrounds helps learners understand and respect other people’s opinions and cultures. In so doing, social cohesion and learning to live together are fostered. At the Millennium Development Goals Summit held in New York in 2010, the present Director-General of UNESCO (Irina Bokova) put it forcefully: “The facts speak for themselves: societies that make education their top developmental priority are more resilient, prosperous, just and peaceful.