The unfulfilled promise

New Straits Times | December 29, 2002| | Copyright

Kochiro Matsuura
New Straits Times
12-29-2002
The unfulfilled promise
Byline: Kochiro Matsuura
Edition: 2*
Memo: (STF) - The aftermath of Sept 11 demands that we reflect on the fact that investing in education means investing in national and international security, writes KOCHIRO MATSUURA.

IT is now over two years since the World Education Forum took place in Dakar on the initiative of the United Nations Organisation for Education, Science, Culture and Communications (Unesco). The date was April 2000.

The time has come to take tentative stock of its results. To be sure, much remains to be done ...

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