'Fighting illiteracy key to global peace'

Peace, either globally or in the state level and family life, could be achieved in phases with a gradual reflection of social justice and practices of religious values at every spheres of life, they said.

The Bangladesh National Commission for UNESCO and the National Academy for Education Management (Naem) jointly organised the seminar to mark the International Peace Day on Thursday. A number of teachers, students and officials attended the seminar.

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"Peace is being threatened in the name of fighting terrorism. The so-called peace protectors are the main violators of global peace," Additional Secretary of the Ministry of Education Mohammad Rafiqul Islam said.

Former pro-vice chancellor of Dhaka University Prof. Wakil Ahmed said the peace could be restored in the world if the human behaviour towards other human being is changed. He also urged the developed countries and well-off people to do more for the welfare of mankind.

UNESCO Representative Wolfgang Vollmann said that peace would not come easily in the earth as it was never in the world. Universal peace still remains the status quo, he said, adding that only elimination of exploitation and social injustice could bring a climate of culture of peace.

Secretary of the UNESCO Commission Syed Jaglul Pasha underscored the need for incorporating topics of peace into the textbooks.

He also said the UNESCO commission in Bangladesh has been trying its best to promote the message of peace through various activities.

Director General of NAEM Prof. Khalilur Rahman chaired the function.