There are multiple sins here: an old-fashioned mindset, a lack of integration into the curriculum and evidently no training for the teachers.

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Experts and academics from the participating Lebanese, Arab and International universities discussed ways to introduce concepts of peace-building in higher education and the integration of a culture of dialogue and conflict transformation in the curriculum of Lebanese universities.

UNESCO: Culture of Dialogue in the Arab States to be included in higher education curricula | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

Some of the topics discussed in the meeting were conflict transformation and intercultural dialogue studies in the Arab region, in what way is education a major tool for peace building and the international perspective on the integration of conflict transformation into the academic curriculum.

UNESCO: Culture of Dialogue in the Arab States to be included in higher education curricula | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization