Building a Culture of Peace to Replace the Culture of War

This article argues that we must re-engineer national systems of education, replacing education for a culture of war with education for a culture of peace, as a fundamental aspect of laying the foundations for creating alternatives to war. The article examines what this implies for early childhood, schools and higher education, the obstacles to be faced and the progress made, with a particular focus on the work of United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).