Academic and Intellectual Dialogue on Social Harmony, Tolerance and Education
- After Study Hours: Exploring the Madrassah Mindset
- Education for peace and harmony
- Reconstruction of the National narratives and Counter-Violent Extremism Model for Pakistan
- Role of Post-Noon Engagements of Madrassa Students in Radical Orientation
- Promoting Inclusive and Tolerant Educational Narratives
- Islam, Democracy and the Constitution of Pakistan
- Minority Rights in Pakistan: Historic Neglect or State Complicity?
- “Creating an environment that counteracts militant ideologies and radicalism in Pakistan”
- Through Each Other’s Eyes
- The Role of Ulema in Promotion of Peace and Harmony in Society
- Critical Ideologies: A Debate on Takfeer & Khurooj
- سماجی ہم آہنگی ، رواداری اور تعلیم
- سماجی ہم آہنگی کیسے ہو؟
- اسلام جمہوریت اور آئین پاکستان
- پر امن اور متوازن معاشرے کے قیام میں علماء کا کردار
- اسلام جمہوریت اور پاکستان
- ایک دوسرے کے نظر سے
- مسئلہ تکفیر و خروج
- Media Safety in Pakistan
- تعلیم امن اور ہم آہنگی
- Regulating Broadcast Media: Challenges & Reforms
- Pakistan’s Sectarian Mire & The Way Forward
- Dialogue Pakistan 2019 report
- Pakistan’s achievements in war on terror but at what cost: a special review of the current decade
- Pakistan in changing world order
- Who Am I
- Academic and Intellectual Dialogue on Social Harmony, Tolerance and Education
- Youth Engagement in Pakistan: Baseline Evaluation and Way Forward
- Dialogue Pakistan 2020
- Strengthening Governance in Pakistan
- Youth Perspective on Society, Religion, And Politics
- Supporting the Afghan peace process: Pakistan’s position, interests and policy options
- Afghanistan as Seen from Pakistan I
- Afghanistan as Seen from Pakistan II
- Perspectives from Pakistan on Afghan peace and reconciliation 1
- Discourse with Balochistan Youth on Society, Religion, and Politics
- Perspectives From Pakistan on Afghan Peace and Reconciliation 2
- How Youth in Sindh View State, Religion and Politics
- Afghan Peace and Reconciliation: Pakistan’s Interests and Policy Options II
- Interfaith Relations in Pakistan Perspectives and Worldview of Youth in Punjab
- Pakistan’s CounterExtremism Challenge and Policy Recourse
- Afghanistan as Seen from Pakistan III
- Making Sense of Pakistani Youth How Youth in Pakistan View State, Society, Religion, and Politics
- PERSPECTIVES FROM PAKISTAN ON AFGHAN PEACE AND RECONCILIATION 3
- AFGHAN PEACE AND RECONCILIATION: PAKISTAN'S INTERESTS AND POLICY OPTIONS 3
- A Path to Peace
- Countering Violent Extremism on Campuses A Faculty-Oriented Policy Brief
- PERSPECTIVES FROM PAKISTAN ON AFGHAN PEACE AND RECONCILIATION 4
- Afghanistan as Seen from Pakistan IV
- AFGHAN PEACE AND RECONCILIATION: PAKISTAN’S INTERESTS AND POLICY OPTIONS 4
- POLICY BRIEF APRIL-JUNE, 2022
- Afghanistan as Seen from Pakistan V
- AFGHAN PEACE AND RECONCILIATION: PAKISTAN’S INTERESTS AND POLICY OPTIONS 5
- PERSPECTIVES FROM PAKISTAN ON AFGHAN PEACE AND RECONCILIATION 5
- Charter of Peace
- AFGHAN PEACE AND RECONCILIATION: PAKISTAN'S INTERESTS AND POLICY OPTIONS VI
- AFGHANISTAN AS SEEN FROM PAKISTAN-VI
- PERSPECTIVES FROM PAKISTAN ON AFGHAN PEACE AND RECONCILIATION 6
- POLICY BRIEF 2
- POLICY BRIEF October December, 2022
- Youth for interfaith harmony Newsletter 1
- AFGHAN PEACE AND RECONCILIATION: PAKISTAN’S INTERESTS AND POLICY OPTIONS
- PERSPECTIVES FROM PAKISTAN ON AFGHAN PEACE AND RECONCILIATION 7
- AFGHANISTAN AS SEEN FROM PAKISTAN-VII
- YOUTH AND THE SOCIAL CONTRACT IN PAKISTAN
- Pakistan’s Afghan perspective and policy options
- POLICY BRIEF January-March, 2023
- Charter of Peace
- PERSPECTIVES FROM PAKISTAN ON AFGHAN PEACE AND RECONCILIATION 8
- AFGHANISTAN AS SEEN FROM PAKISTAN-VIII
- AFGHAN PEACE AND RECONCILIATION: PAKISTAN'S INTERESTS AND POLICY OPTIONS 8
- AFGHAN PEACE AND RECONCILIATION: PAKISTAN’S INTERESTS AND POLICY OPTIONS 9
- Policy Brief April- May 2023
- POLICY BRIEF Jun- Aug 2023
- AFGHAN PEACE AND RECONCILIATION: PAKISTAN'S INTERESTS AND POLICY OPTIONS - 11
- Pakistan's Evolving Militant Landscape: State Responses and Policy options
- AFGHAN PEACE AND RECONCILIATION: PAKISTAN’S INTERESTS AND POLICY OPTIONS – 12
Teachers need to be empathetic to be able to sow seeds of tolerance in the classrooms. Only then can they be open to differing views but also create an environment in which students learn to appreciate the diversity and to exchanges with each other. Teachers are part of the same society, which they are obliged to set in order; sensitizing them on tolerance and pluralism should include their exposure to diverse views.
With this need, Pakistan Institute for Peace Studies (PIPS) organized as series of dialogues with teachers aimed promoting peace, diversity and peaceful coexistence. The engagement was intentionally kept as dialogue, so as to learn from each other. Participants include faculty members of public sector, higher secondary schools and colleges across Pakistan.
It is unfortunate that in Pakistan, the education, instead of ending social cleavages, widen them further. There are different systems of education, each catering to unique segment of the society. Yet, what is positive is that many students have found their lives transformed, with time, if not through formal education but through their own introspection. A person willing to look inside is a person willing to ask question. It is a double jeopardy that the secluded education system that caters to each segment, do not allow for questioning. Those who do, like the private sector, produce students who excel in professional and academic lives.
A teacher can sow the seeds of inquiry. No student can learn all the facts and figures, but every student should be told how to approach any subject and any person. Students should be taught, by example, what it means to conduct dialogues – learning from each other, rather than exciting over proving others wrong. With these values, students can emerge as useful citizens.
The tolerance of supporting narratives of peace and harmony in Pakistan’s mainstream educational discourse as well as the realization that discriminatory behavior towards students belonging to religious minorities in classrooms needs to be addressed. Students from different faiths should be approached with sensitivity to promote equality by striving to prevent classroom discrimination.
Gradually these ideas are taking root due to the space being given to exchange ideas in a congenial and professional manner through this initiative by PIPS because this initiative exclusively focuses on influencing educational discourse and training teachers in support of inclusivity, tolerance and harmonious environment for education.