By: Ashiadey Dotse
The President, John Dramani Mahama, says education can only be seen as justice when no child is forced to give up their dreams because of conflict. He stressed that children affected by war, displacement, and crisis should never be denied the right to learn and build their future.
Delivering his speech at the 2025 Doha Forum in Qatar on Sunday, December 7, 2025, President Mahama noted that the world is currently facing overlapping challenges, including wars, pandemics, climate shocks, and economic hardship, which continue to destroy childhoods and interrupt schooling. He argued that education must not be a privilege but a right guaranteed to every child, especially in difficult times.
Mahama said education is justice “when a child uprooted by conflict does not lose her dreams or her future,” adding that learning must continue even during crisis because it protects children and offers hope. He explained that education in emergencies should be treated as life-saving, not optional, and called for stronger global action to support children whose schools have been destroyed or shut down.
He highlighted global conflict zones such as Gaza, Afghanistan, and Sudan, where millions of children have lost access to learning, describing the situation as a humanitarian tragedy that could affect development for decades. He warned that when children are excluded from education, the world loses talent, creativity, and innovation that could contribute to growth.
He emphasized that education must be modern, inclusive, and forward-looking to prepare young people for technology-driven global competition.
He encouraged nations to plant the seeds of justice through education so that the world may harvest peace, prosperity, and shared progress.
