UN should float education body
October 25th, 2011 - 6:01 pm ICT by IANSAgra, Oct 25 (IANS) Students from over 20 countries as well as academics from Agra have sought a world body to promote education.
On the UN Foundation Day celebration, speakers said Monday evening here that the new body should be set up on the lines of WHO, ILO and UNDP, each of which deals with a specific issue.
A UN Education Body would help standardise norms, promote understanding and help expand educational infrastructure in developing countries, they said.
Students from many countries, including China, participated in the event.
“The UN has indeed been a great factor in promoting understanding and cooperation in diverse fields and made the world safer,” a student from Sri Lanka said.
Students from China, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, East European countries, Fiji and Trinidad joined the celebrations, which included folk dances and a kathak recital.
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