ISLAMABAD: The Global Education Monitoring Report 2017-18 of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), released on Monday, expresses concern over school textbooks in many countries glorifying war and military heroes rather than teaching peace, non-violence and reconciliation. It says that that just 10 per cent of the textbooks across the world include explicit statements on the need for conflict prevention and resolution. The report offers the example of textbooks in Pakistan that focus on militarism, wars with India and differences between Hindus and Muslims, reported The Hindu. “Textbooks that glorify war and military heroes, exclude pluralistic perspectives or undermine other peoples or ethnicities can make teaching peace, non-violence and reconciliation difficult,” says the report. “In Pakistan, textbooks have been criticised for normalising militarism and war and including biases and historical errors and distortions.

Source: Pakistan Today December 06, 2017 03:45 UTC