HWPL Holds Peace Education Teacher Graduation Ceremony in Lesotho

Lays Foundation for Training Teachers and Introducing Peace Education Into Public Education

 

 

Maseru, Lesotho – Heavenly Culture, World Peace, Restoration of Light (HWPL) held the ‘DPE–HWPL Peace Education Teacher Graduation Ceremony’ in Maseru, Lesotho, on March 13, in cooperation with the Development for Peace Education (DPE). Lesotho has a high proportion of youth in its population, and the need for conflict prevention through education and value-based education has been continuously raised. Against this backdrop, a graduation ceremony was held to recognize and encourage teachers who completed the HWPL peace education course, while promoting the expansion of peace education across Lesotho’s educational sector.

 

 

The event was attended by approximately 100 participants, including teachers who completed the peace education program, officials from Lesotho’s Ministry of Education and Training (MOET), key figures in the education sector, and community leaders. Participants discussed ways to prevent conflicts through education and to build sustainable peace.

“Social conflicts and violence cannot be resolved solely through institutional changes; changes in people’s values must accompany them. In particular, the role of teachers who guide students in schools is very important,” said Lesotho’s Minister of Education and Training Honorable Ntoi Rapapa. “I hope that peace education will be expanded within the public education system so that all children in Lesotho can grow up learning peace.”

 

 

“Through peace education, we have been able to deliver healing and hope to schools and students. Now, teachers will become messengers of peace and pass on the values of peace to the next generation,” said Mrs. Puleng Nkaleche, principal of Ribaneng High School.

HWPL and DPE plan to expand peace education programs throughout Lesotho and continuously operate teacher training courses in the future.