New Delhi: Climate change has not been sufficiently integrated into the educational framework, and only 50% of countries emphasize subjects in their national level laws, policies or teaching plans, according to the Global Education Monitoring Report (GEM) by UNESCO.
Profile of Increasing Education Review (peer), released by the Gem Team in the background of the UN Climate Change Conference on Glasgow, is intended to describe the laws and policies of countries about the main themes in education to increase the basis of implementing the national education strategy.
“Only 75 percent of the countries include the subject of climate change within their national curriculum framework while only 40 percent of them have an education law that includes climate change.
At least 45 percent of the countries including the subjects in their education sector plans and strategies,” In accordance with the report.
“References are mainly found at the level of primary and medium education (90%).
Fewer countries have a framework to support climate change education in the education and technical and vocational training systems (TVET), higher education (55%)),” it was added.
Reports say prominent countries in progress made in climate change education.
“In Italy, climate change is included in the curriculum and students are encouraged to take behavior and self-sustainable personal choices.
By 2020, climate change education becomes mandatory in Italian schools as part of citizenship education.” Updated the 2013 national curriculum framework, which includes a climate as a core competency as part of the attitude, skills, and knowledge that must be achieved by students.
The Ministry of Education and Culture also organizes climate change events, such as the Regular Climate Change Education Forum, which focuses on the topic of climate change education and provides network space for schools and educators, “the report said that the Colombia had been assigned a major role for the Ministry of Education in Educational Climate Change (CCE) and has adopted a strong legal and policy framework on this issue.
“This adopts the national climate change policy in 2017, which establishes five strategies that deal with the dissemination of information about science and technology, education, training and public awareness and public awareness and public awareness Planning and Financing Climate change management.
The policy includes the objectives to mainstream climate change into the formal education system, “he said.” Education is an important tool for helping populations understand and overcome the effects of climate change, and to encourage changes in attitudes and behavior more sustainable and handle.
Develop new skills and knowledge.
Climate change education can increase the resilience of vulnerable groups and communities with mitigation and adaptation strategies, especially in low-income countries, which are at risk of being influenced by disproportionally by these changing conditions, “added this report.