24 April 2015 - QA 2

Who will take up the role of educating the population and the children? How can UNESCO find the way to bring spirituality as a real component and not as a luxurious thought to our agenda?

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar:

Any big transformation in society depends on the four pillars of society:
1. The government
2. The civil societies; the NGOs
3. The media
4. The faith-based organizations, they also have a role to play

When all these four avenues or pillars of society work in unison, only then any project can be successful. Whether it is this one, or child education, or whatever. Any project in a society need cooperation from these four corners.

UNESCO can play a very important role in influencing all these four aspects of the society. The faith-based organization can influence the government, it can produce a system and tell all the governments to make multicultural, multi-faith education a part of the curriculum for children.

I would say, even if every country in the West put one percent of their defense budget in peace education, this world would be a better place to live.