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Over the years, there has been an emphasis on the importance of education in improving the
standard of living in the country. The effect of this is that Kenyans are more aware of the
importance attached to education and how it has created an enabling environment for them to
get engaged in activities that are geared towards nation building.
Education should create a conducive environment to meeting the emotional, social, and
intellectual needs of diverse groups of individuals interested in empowering themselves. The
emphasis on education and peace is based on the fact that peace and education are inseparable
aspects of civilization. No civilization is truly progressive without education and no education
system is truly civilizing unless it is based on the universal principles of peace.
Education should enhance the acquisition of the values, the knowledge and developing the
attitudes, skills, and behaviors to live in harmony with oneself and with others. There is thus no
shortage of enough information on the importance of education in enhancing peace. The
fundamental principles entailing education is that there should be desire for peace, nonviolent
alternatives for managing conflict, and skills for critical analysis of structural arrangements that
produce and legitimize injustice and inequality.
The relationship between education and peace has represented a spectrum of focal themes,
including international understanding, environmental responsibility, communication skills, non-
violence, conflict resolution techniques, democracy, human rights awareness, tolerance of
diversity, coexistence and gender equality. The role of the church has been to address spiritual dimensions of inner harmony, or synthesized a number of the foregoing issues into programs
that touch on the moral requirements that touches on the learning process. |
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