Education is key to end violence

The findings of this year’s Arab Youth Survey by a regional media agency indicated an end to violence in the region, apparently offering a sigh of relief to the new generation in the waiting.

In reality, it resembles how the youth perceive the current and ongoing unrest in the region and even beyond, and how it requires to be tackled to sustain the true values of humanity across the world.

As the past few years have been an era of sorrow and disasters for the region, it took over people’s faith, thereby making them miss out on the key elements of a sensible life. The change in perception is a clear sign of realising the principles of life and making a commitment to take it further to bring back harmony and the feeling of unity.

Oman, being a country with a high tolerance level and one that is always committed to remain peaceful and sympathetic, the involvement of their youth in the survey process set an example to others in the region.

As education is key to make influential changes among the new generation, irrespective of the gender they belong to, the sooner people are aware of their roles and responsibilities in their respective societies, the easier it will be to bring peace and stability to society, and the region as a whole.

In the context of increasing threats and obstacles, a changing youth approach will obviously bring confidence to people of all age groups. The critical aspect of the survey is that they realise their pivotal role to use a collective effort to calm down the unrest.

Despite our world being advanced enough to tackle any physically or psychologically-challenged concern, the conflicts are largely upsetting the development perceptions of a progressive world. Thus, a rise in any group, who believe in contradictory thinking can affect a number of areas, including education, unemployment and a peaceful co-existence.

In the new world of technology, violence can never be treated as the recipe to win the privileges of any traditional thinking. Instead, we, as individuals must think of ways to achieve the best in order to live peacefully, whilst paying enough attention to safeguard the society that we live in.

— The reader is an Indian quality manager based in Muscat, Oman