Role of Educational Institutions in Building a Peaceful Society

Educational institutions’ role is not limited to technology’s progression or improvement in their social and economic values but also is to teach the lesson of harmony, humbleness, tolerance, equality, and justice. Educational institutions are not merely building individuals to strengthen society a...

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Autores principales: Asma Gul, Tayyaba Bashir, Javed Mustafa
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:de6b731d041f4a329fcf82978eac63422021-11-04T15:45:57ZRole of Educational Institutions in Building a Peaceful Society10.47264/idea.lassij/4.2.212664-8148https://doaj.org/article/de6b731d041f4a329fcf82978eac63422020-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://ideapublishers.org/index.php/lassij/article/view/180https://doaj.org/toc/2664-8148 Educational institutions’ role is not limited to technology’s progression or improvement in their social and economic values but also is to teach the lesson of harmony, humbleness, tolerance, equality, and justice. Educational institutions are not merely building individuals to strengthen society and eradicate the negativities but also to build a peaceful society. Pakistan’s educational system is a complex one that does not merely involve government and private schools; there are also many registered or unregistered madrassas. Lack of regulation of the curriculum and monitoring of the activities of madrasas is a matter of concern. Terrorism, too, is linked to such madrasas, which contradicts and nullifies educational institutions’ purpose and aim of building a peaceful society. The study applied the functionalism theoretical assumptions and employed Qualitative Document Analysis (QDA) based on the previous studies review of literature on educational institutions’ role in building peaceful societies to figure out the gap and develop new findings. The study suggests committing the national educational system, with it, the school and its teachers so that from their work, they contribute towards building peace in society. Asma GulTayyaba BashirJaved MustafaIDEA PUBLISHERSarticlePeaceful SocietyEradicate NegativityMadrassasCurriculumConstruct of SocietySocial SciencesHPolitical scienceJENLiberal Arts and Social Sciences International Journal, Vol 4, Iss 2 (2020)
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topic Peaceful Society
Eradicate Negativity
Madrassas
Curriculum
Construct of Society
Social Sciences
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Political science
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spellingShingle Peaceful Society
Eradicate Negativity
Madrassas
Curriculum
Construct of Society
Social Sciences
H
Political science
J
Asma Gul
Tayyaba Bashir
Javed Mustafa
Role of Educational Institutions in Building a Peaceful Society
description Educational institutions’ role is not limited to technology’s progression or improvement in their social and economic values but also is to teach the lesson of harmony, humbleness, tolerance, equality, and justice. Educational institutions are not merely building individuals to strengthen society and eradicate the negativities but also to build a peaceful society. Pakistan’s educational system is a complex one that does not merely involve government and private schools; there are also many registered or unregistered madrassas. Lack of regulation of the curriculum and monitoring of the activities of madrasas is a matter of concern. Terrorism, too, is linked to such madrasas, which contradicts and nullifies educational institutions’ purpose and aim of building a peaceful society. The study applied the functionalism theoretical assumptions and employed Qualitative Document Analysis (QDA) based on the previous studies review of literature on educational institutions’ role in building peaceful societies to figure out the gap and develop new findings. The study suggests committing the national educational system, with it, the school and its teachers so that from their work, they contribute towards building peace in society.
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