The theme of the International Education Day 2024 is „Learning for lasting peace“. As 2 billion people, which is a quarter of humanity, live in conflict-affected areas, this theme is of great importance. Moreover, providing education for everyone is part of the sustainable development goals as well as a fundamental human right.
Education has always been a significant aspect in our society. Humans started to acquire knowledge and skills already a long time ago. Over the time the education methods changed a lot, especially in terms of internet and AI. With the help of the internet, research can be facilitated a lot which leads to enormous amount of new possibilities. Languages can be teached by an application, dictionaries are accessible online with just one click and information can be found within seconds. Moreover, reading plays an important role when it comes to self-education. Due to the invention of e-readers, reading books is now possible in a more easy way which makes it more attractive, especially to young people.
But not everywhere in the world education is accessible without obstacles. Especially in developing countries, children do not have access to basic education due to inequalities regarding sex, health and cultural identity. Many are forced to abandon their education in order to work and support their family. Apart from that, many counties do not provide schools with the necessary money, school materials or even teachers. Therefore, classes are overflowed and children with different educational levels are put together which does not allow the individual children to experience education that is adapted to their needs and abilities.
The fact that more than 72 million children around the world remain unschooled is unacceptable because every child on this earth has the right to education.
„Education is not a luxury, it is a basic human right“ - Madonna Ciccone