International Day of Education (IDE) 2025 will be held under the theme, “Learning for Lasting Peace”. Last year, the focus was learning for lasting peace in communities of developing countries outlining the role of education in countering hate speech, discrimination, racism, xenophobia, and the rising cases of violent conflict. Last year, IDE emphasised the importance of education in transforming lives, offering a path out of poverty, and building more peaceful, just, and sustainable societies.

Amb. Prof. Ada Menakaya, Chancellor, Youthgether Global, said, “Learning for peace must be a transformative process, enabling learners to gain essential knowledge, values, attitudes, skills, and behaviours, thereby empowering them to serve as catalysts for peace in their communities.” She added that “the foundation of more peaceful, just, and sustainable societies is laid through education, a force that permeates every facet of our daily lives and overall prospects”.

In the face of escalating climate change, democratic erosion, persistent inequalities, growing discrimination, hate speech, violence, and conflict on a global scale, education emerges as a powerful tool to address and prevent these challenges in the future, the 2025 theme highlights how education can be a transformative process that empowers learners to become agents of peace in their communities. Education is a powerful tool to address and prevent challenges like climate change, democratic erosion, and inequality.

Led by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), the International Day of Education is celebrated on January 24th every year, advocating for inclusive and equitable access to education worldwide. It recognises that education is central to creating more peaceful, just, and sustainable societies.

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