Four pillars of education suggested by UNESCO

The four pillars of Education

The four pillars of learning are fundamental principles for reshaping education:

• Learning to know: to provide the cognitive tools required to better comprehend the world and its complexities, and to provide an appropriate and adequate foundation for future learning.

• Learning to do: to provide the skills that would enable individuals to effectively participate in the global economy and society.

• Learning to be: to provide self analytical and social skills to enable individuals to develop to their fullest potential psycho-socially, affectively as well as physically, for a all-round ‘complete person.

• Learning to live together: to expose individuals to the values implicit within human rights, democratic principles, intercultural understanding and respect and peace at all levels of society and human relationships to enable individuals and societies to live in peace and harmony.