Conference proposes global council for value-based education, calls for stricter environmental laws
Pune: The Unesco Chair at World Peace University, Goa, has called for the establishment of a World Value-based Universal Education Management Council to develop an education system combining science and spirituality, while a dialogue on Oct 15 unanimously adopted a resolution seeking stricter environmental laws, better water management and protection of Goa’s historical sites.
Rahul Vishwanath Karad, executive president of the university, said Goa should be recognised for its academic potential and contribution to sustainable development, beyond its identity as a tourist destination. Karad said education shaped society and that the university aimed to promote social responsibility through multidisciplinary learning. Prof Vishwanath D Karad, founder president of the university and head of its Unesco Chair, said the institution was working to spread the message of world peace through education combining science and spirituality. “A student should be physically fit, mentally alert and spiritually elevated,” he said in an online address.
The resolution was passed at the ‘Dialogue of Social Institutions, Sects and Interfaith of Goa for Long-term Development and World Peace’, organised jointly by World Peace University, Goa, and its Unesco Chair. It also called for coordinated efforts to curb rising violence, prevent land degradation, tighten noise pollution controls in rural and urban areas, and promote sustainable development in the state.