BEYOND TRADITIONAL LEARNING: A CRITICAL REVIEW OF THE STATUS OF PEACE EDUCATION IN INDIA

Abstract

The relentless efforts of peace advocators and international agencies have helped broaden the view of peace to include micro-economic factors relating to the peaceful coexistence of individuals. Despite these efforts, global peacefulness has fallen by over 3% in the last 15 years (Global Finance Magazine - World’s Most Peaceful Country 2023 — Global Peace Index, 2023). Even the most developed nations record a remarkably low performance in the global peace index. For instance, the United States ranks 131st in the global peace index despite its regard as the most developed economy in the world (Global Finance Magazine - World’s Most Peaceful Country 2023 — Global Peace Index, 2023). Such pieces of evidence tend to imply that global peace is not a complementarity to development, but needs to be fostered through careful practices. Despite the strenuous efforts made by the Indian economy to foster peace, it currently holds the 126th position in the Global Peace Index (Global Finance Magazine - World’s Most Peaceful Country 2023 — Global Peace Index, 2023). Owing to the high degree of correlation between the value systems of an individual (imbibed and built in early years) and their attitudes towards peace; the Nation Council Framework (NCF) for education has explicitly detailed ways to integrate peace education into the current educational framework.