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What is Education for Sustainable Development (ESD)?
| ESD is taken from the capital letters of and indicates Education for Sustainable Development. |
| Nowadays when environmental destruction on a global scale, protection of resources like energy and water, etc. have become problems, to aim for development in a state that can bring about a high quality of life for all people, including future generations, all the while human beings maintain their present level of living, has become an important issue. |
| For this reason, expectations have been placed on education for cultivating citizens at the level of each and every individual who not only recognize the finitude of resources on Earth but also have their own ideas and a global perspective for creating a new social order. |
| In order to advance “education for sustainable development,” there is a need to proceed with education and enlightenment activities from all spheres, regardless of whether it is education in schools or out of schools, while trying to build up collaboration among various independent bodies, such as international organizations, the governments of various countries, NGOs, corporations, etc. This range of education covers various spheres such as the environment, welfare, peace, development, gender, human rights education for children, education for international understanding, the eradication of poverty, literacy, AIDS, education for ending strife, and so on. |
| MEXT has been paying attention to the cultural, environment, and economic fields while linking up with related ministries, NGOs, corporations, etc. It also has been actively putting strength into advancing human rights education, understanding of other cultures, environmental education and construction of a society where men and women jointly participate. |
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