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World Home Economics Day

  • Date: 22 March 2010
  • Organisation: IFHE

  • The key theme of the World Home Economics Days 2009 - 2012 reads: "Home Economics beyond 100 years: Empowering for the Digital World"

    The UN Decade of Education for Sustainable Development has the following main thrusts which guides IFHE in the implementation of relevant plans:

    • Public understanding of the principles behind sustainability.
    • Mainstreaming Education for sustainable development into all sectors.
    • Life-long learning for all, considering the phenomenal rate of change in knowledge while also ensuring that education reflects local culture and social needs.
    • Relevance to all nations, particularly in addressing the social, environmental, and economic knowledge, skills, perspectives, and values inherent in sustainability.
    • Specialised training programmes.
  • Resource link: http://www.ifhe.org/608.html
 

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