Peace education

Peace education is the process of acquiring the values, the knowledge and developing the attitudes, skills, and behaviors to live in harmony with oneself, with others, and with the natural environment. In the current scenario where there is cut throat competition and fraternity integrity is no more valued as a precious possession, the society welfare at large is at stake. Under such circumstances, it becomes quintessential for the masses to get into a drive of peace education. The upcoming generation needs to be taught the value of tolerance, patience, love for fellow beings, honesty, harmony and much more to sustain a prosperous societal culture. Peace education is more effective when it is adapted according to the social and cultural context and the needs of a society. It is enriched by that society's cultural and spiritual values along with universal human values. The paper intends to throw some light on the concept of peace education and some specific areas it should attribute to; conflict resolution training, democracy education, human rights education, worldview transformation for societal welfare Peace education would not exist unless people throughout the world believed that world peace is attainable through a multifaceted effort but starting with the education of children and youth.