Role of Education in Sustainable Development

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The World Commission defines Sustainable Development as 'development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generation to meet their own needs'. In 2015, the UN Member States, adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, to achieve their vision of Sustainable World. The member states are signatory to achieve 17 Sustainable Development Goals by 2030, based on the three dimensions i.e., economy, social development and the environment. However, rising climatic changes, poor economy, international conflicts and pandemic have placed the vision 2030 of Sustainable Development in peril. In current scenario, education can play pivotal role in meeting the SDGs. There are many environmental challenges like Global Warming, Ozone Layer Depletion, Climate Change, Pollution, Biodiversity loss, etc. which the world is facing today. Education plays an important role in creating awareness about these environmental issues among the students, who are the stakeholders of future. Through education, these youth can learn to live in a sustainable way. Education empowers the learners to participate in environmental policy and decision making to safeguards the environment.The study proposed here focus on the role of education in sustainable development. This study will evaluate the importance of education for meeting the vision of SDGs