Four Pillars of Education

 Understanding the Four Pillars of learning is salient to elevate our awareness about different disciplines of education and aspects of life. These pillars encourage greater intellectual curiosity, sharpen our critical faculties and enable us to develop our own independent judgment on the world around us and to lead our lives with dignity, develop occupational skills and communicate with other people. It also emphasized that all people should receive in their childhood and youth an education that will equips them to develop their own independent, critical way of thinking and judgment so that they can make up their own minds on the best courses of action in the different circumstances in their lives. Being part of our society, we need to be on the pro-active side of grasping all these things for us to have a strong desire to do something meaningful and productive.
These Four Pillars of Education cater the holistic framework of attaining wider sense of understanding to:

• inform students about human diversity and to instill in them an awareness of similarities and interdependence of all people
• transcend personal lives of people and attach value to what they have in common as against what divides them
• instill the relevance of religion or custom in providing a useful reference tool for molding future behavior
• provide information and unverifiable reports on ongoing conflicts in our society
• understand the world around us.
• learn and act appropriately in any kind of situation to become involved in shaping the future
• inculcate a spirit of empathy in students so that it can have a positive effect on their social behavior throughout their lives.
• complete the fulfillment of man and his development in a holistic was as an individual, member of family and community and as a responsible citizen.

The Four Pillars of Education According to Unesco

UNESCO is the UN agency that deals with education, regularly held a special meeting with the nine countries (called E-nine) of its members: Bangladesh, Brazil, China, India, Indonesia, Egypt, Mexico, Nigeria and Pakistan.

One of the most important outcome of the meeting held in Jomtien (Thailand) to produce the declaration of “Education for All” which means education for all. Dig the concept of education reform commission chaired by Jacques Delors, identified four pillars as the foundations of renewal and educational reform, namely:

1. Learning to know

This study focused on the concept of basic and general knowledge with the opportunity to work on specific areas that continue to develop in accordance with changes in science and technology and socio-economic activities. Learning to know is contained on the meaning of learning how to learn. In this case covered three aspects: what is learned, how can I make people can know and learn, and who is doing the learning.

2. Learning to do

This learning concept of human complement with thinking skills, initiative, and honed sense. The concept is linked to the world of work, namely to help people prepare themselves for a living (working). Conceptually learning to do sports together with the concept of learning by doing or learning by doing or working. This means that learning is not just heard or seen solely, but the experience of practicing an activity represents a way to acquire knowledge, and is not a result of the activities. Learning to do is manifested by various forms of vocational education and training programs.

3. Learning to live together

This learning concept of human complement with diverse skills of knowledge, skills, attitudes and values and competence of subjects to learn to participate and cooperate in various activities. With the concept of learning to live together is expected to overcome various conflicts arising in a society that pluralistime and global life where there are differences in culture, geography, and ethnicity and so forth.

4. Learning to Be

This learning concept refers to the maximum development of human potential to actualize itself with freedom and wisdom to make choices and with a strong sense of responsibility. By learning to be human means must know who she was, know the weaknesses and strengths to build a whole person continuously.