International Commission on Education for the twenty-first Century "Learning: The Treasure within", Report to UNESCO of the International Commission on Education for the Twenty-first Century, UNESCO Publishing, 1996, 1998, 266 p.
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At the turn of the century, the Report “Learning: The Treasure within” to UNESCO of the International Commission on Education for the Twenty-first century” (1996) stated at the very outset: “In confronting the many challenges that the future holds in store, humankind sees in education an indispensable asset in its attempt to attain the ideals of peace, freedom and social justice”. Unquestionably, education is the very foundation of social transformation and development.
The report states also that ‘Education is a human right and an essential tool for achieving the goals of equality, development and peace. Non-discriminatory education benefits both girls and boys, and thus ultimately contributes to more equal relationships between women and men. [...] Basic education is the first step in attempting to attenuate the enormous disparities affecting many groups – women, rural populations, the urban poor, marginalized ethnic minorities and the millions of children not attending school and working. (p. 118)
The four pillars of education:
If it is to succeed in UNESCO’s tasks, education must be organized around four fundamental types of learning, which, throughout a person’s life, will be in a way the pillars of knowledge: learning to know, that is acquiring the instruments of understanding; learning to do, so as to be able to act creatively on one’s environment; learning to live together, so as to participate and co-operate with other people in all human activities; and learning to be, an essential progression which proceeds from the previous three. (p. 86)
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