The title is of course misleading, because it wasn't UNESCO that called for a shakeup, it was its Director General, Audrey Azoulay. And while she does say "we must rethink education" it's not really a shakeup. Her vision of education is centered around serving social objectives, and not the needs and aspirations of learners themselves (which, I think, would truly shake up education). Not that I disagree with the objectives - I mean, who doesn't want social justice and sustainable development? But it's not up to education to deliver these. Education can't act as a proxy for real solutions to failing social policy. Education is good if it's good for the people being educated. Otherwise, it's just propaganda.
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