“International Day of Education” is coming soon. This year’s theme is “Changing Curriculum, Changing Education.” After the COVID-19 pandemic, society generally believes that education can help change human thinking and behavior patterns, so making education universal and fair is the most important thing.
New York, NY (Merxwire) – The United Nations has designated January 24 every year as the “International Day of Education“, advocating that education should not be treated differently and that everyone has the right to have equal opportunities to receive an education. In response to the recovery period after COVID-19, the theme of this year’s International Education Day is “Change Curriculum, Change Education”, hoping to eliminate the unfairness in education around the world through reform and innovation.Education is a human right and the responsibility of the country.
Education should not be limited by class, religion, gender, language, wealth, political stance, and other restrictions. As early as December 3, 2018, the United Nations announced in the Global Education Meeting) Every January 24th is “International Day of Education”. Through the establishment of festivals, the importance of education to global peace and development is highlighted, and countries around the world are encouraged to provide people with an inclusive, fair, and high-quality education.
Faced with the rapid changes in the world, the United Nations will set different themes every year to respond to International Education Day. This year’s theme is “change”, which means “change the curriculum, change the education.” Emphasize that through change, promote everyone to realize their basic rights, enjoy lifelong learning opportunities, and build a peaceful, inclusive, and sustainable future.
According to statistics from the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), there are nearly 258 million children and young people in the world who cannot go to school, 750 million adults are illiterate, and 56% of elementary-age children lack basic reading skills. After the impact of the COVID-19 epidemic last year, many schools were forced to suspend classes, causing the world’s largest and severe learning interruption, and the learning data of school children is even more unsatisfactory. It is estimated that 40% of poor countries will not be able to provide any educational assistance to students during the suspension of the epidemic, and about 4 million children and young refugees are out of school.
The widening gap in education inequality will cause more poor people to drop out of school forever or for a long time. The social class will be copied from generation to generation, and the lower-class people will have no chance of turning over. Echoing this content, Ms. Marie Paule Roudil, Director of the New York Office of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, said: “Education is not only an important goal in sustainability, but also provides humanity to achieve this. The key method of the goal. Only when students can acquire knowledge, skills, values and attitudes can they achieve global sustainable development.”
Through the United Nations “International Education Day” setting, we will promote the importance of education on a special day, and see that education is closely linked with sustainable development activities on the earth. Through education, we can ensure that everyone has the knowledge and skills to promote sustainable development, and encourage people to continue to support and pay attention to educational issues and organizations, and achieve the sustainable goal of equal opportunities for education in the world.