Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 8 February 2022
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence
Education in Developing Countries: Discussion
Mr. Eamonn Casey:
I cannot imagine that kind of a context because what really works is where the education is embedded in the local community and responds to the relevance for the local community and the demand for education in the local community. It has to be tailored to the cultural context. Sometimes we may want to challenge or change the cultural context but I cannot imagine a situation where there would be a securitised approach. It would be about building trust and relationships and maybe bringing in measures like safe cycling and walking routes to school or negotiating with local elders and tribal leaders to create community approaches to tackle community problems, rather than a securitised approach.
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