Resumen de Raising Awareness of Global Education Amongst Young People
Global education is a transformative learning process that is very essential in creating and promoting mutual understanding across racial, cultural, religious, political and geographical divides. Young people as agents of change have a lot of responsibility in fostering global understanding and peace through creating awareness. This paper aims to provide effective ways of raising awareness of global education amongst young people. Quantitative, and survey research methods were applied in analysing the statistical data of young people that are unemployed, children out of school and survey methods was used to determine which programs and initiatives of promoting global awareness works. Direct observation was applied in observing the changes that took place amongst young people that are involving in raising awareness on global education. Youth programs such as Model United Nations programs, debates, fellowships, cultural exchange programs, trainings and the use of technology – social media are very effective ways of creating awareness on global education. Over two-third of young people that are participate in these global education programs remain active in raising more awareness in their communities of the benefit of global education. It also found out that not many young people in rural and urban slums benefit from these programs. It is important for governments, civil society, development organizations, and the private sector to scale up efforts in raising awareness on global education. More importantly see that many of the unreached young people in rural and urban slums are provided with same opportunities as their peers.
