#education #world From the perspective of world leaders, the purpose & duty of education (as a tool) is to cultivate global-competent teenagers to tackle world issues > Inexorable economic, cultural, technological, environmental, and political forces are affecting every society on earth and making nations and peoples more interdependent than ever before. Responding effectively to these forces, lessening their damage or harnessing them for good, will require creative multinational solutions to be negotiated and carried out by individuals who can and do participate simultaneously in local, national, and global civic life. reason for:: [[Global learning gives education a meaning]] south:: [[Empowerment & action lie at the heart of education]]