EDUCATION SYSTEM AND SUSTAINABLE PEACE BUILDING IN THE TRANSITIONAL POST CONFLICT ERA: CASE OF KITGUM TOWN COUNCIL
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2013
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Gulu University
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Most countries in the world are always faced with issues of sustainable peace building after the end of conflicts. One area that can provide a good medium for propagating sustainable peace building in a transitional post conflict area is the education system. The values of sustainable peace that includes respect for human rights, holistic development, post-conflict recovery and poverty eradication initiatives, citizenship and patriotism can all be embedded in the policy, curriculum and content of the education system. This study, carried out in the transitional post-conflict area of Kitgum Town Council sought to examine the interplay between education and sustainable peace building in a post conflict setting. Through a cross-sectional survey research design, the study findings identified indicators of sustainable peacebuilding evident in the education system, including strategies for embedding peacebuilding both in the formal and informal education mechanism, and in service delivery and poverty action programs. However, these initiatives are lacking in focus, and are undermined by corruption, political mechanisms and governance challenges. The study recommends the use of a rights-based approach to enhance good governance to promote transparency, and to focus on the effective use of the formal and informal education systems as vehicles for change, improving community perceptions of peace as a public good, and for the attainment of sustainable peace as a collective responsibility.
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supervised by Okumu Charles (M.pHIL)