Getting to Know Your International Contacts—Part 3

On UNESO's website, I chose to read, "Vox Pop: What art the tree most important skills a child should learn?" I was intrigued to read this article because the world is changing everyday and we want to equip our children with skills to survive in the future changes.

Four professional were asked their opinions.

Sikander Sabeer, National Youth Movement for UN Post-2015 Development, Sri Lanka:

1. Culture
2. Respect and value
3. History

Urvashi Sahni, Study Hall Education Foundation, India

1. Become aware of who they are and how they relate to the world, socially and politically
2. Literate and numerate
3. Problem solvers and resilient

Govind Singh, Council of Pacific Education, Fiji

1. Life skills
2. Core values
3. Opportunity to discover their true self

 Vutha Lay, NGO Education Partnership, Cambodia

1. Soft skills -- good citizen
2. Vocational skills -- employment
3. Basic Education -- knowledge

I believe that all of these are perfect skills to survive. They weren't extravagant skills, these are basic skills, I believe. This is important, because we focus a lot on curriculum, but basic life skills are very much important, as well.