GLOBAL ISSUES

CHAPTER V
GLOBAL ISSUES THAT
CONCERN SCHOOLS AND
SOCIETY
 ACTIVITY
1. Below are the top 10 world issues from two
sources. Compare them.
Here are the top- 10 world issues according to the
millennials based on World Economic Forum’s
Global Shaper’s Survey in 2017.

1. Climate Change/ destruction of nature (48.8%)

2. Large scale conflict/ wars (38.9%)
3. Inequality (Income discrimination) (30.8%)
4. Poverty (29.2%)
5. Religious conflicts (23.9%)
6. Government accountability and
transparency/corruption (22.7%)
7. Food and water security (18.2%)
8. Lack of education (15.9%)
9. Safety/ security/ well-being (14.1%)
10. Lack of economic opportunity
and employment (12.1%)
Here are top 10 Current Global Issues according to
Chloe Turner
6. Unemployment
1. Climate change
7. Government corruption
2. Pollution
8. Malnourishment and
3. Violence
4. Security and Well being Hunger
9. Substance abuse
5. Lack of education
10. Terrorism

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 ACTIVITY
2. You are also given the 17 Sustainable
Development Goals (SDG) for the period 2015-
2030. After comparing the top 10 world issues,
match the 17 SDGs with the 10 world issues to
determine if these top 10 world issues correspond
to the 17 SDGs of 2015-2030. Use the table for
comparison.
1. Climate change 7. Government corruption
2. Nature destruction 8. Wars/ terrorism/
3. Pollution violence
4. Safety/ Security and well-9. Poverty
being 10. Malnourishment/
5. Lack of economic hunger
opportunity and 11. Lack of Education
unemployment 12. Substance abuse
6. Inequality
The 17 Sustainable Development Goals for the period
2015-2030

1. End poverty in all its forms everywhere

2. End Hunger, achieve food security and improve
nutrition, and promote sustainable agriculture.
3. Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all
at all ages.
4. Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and
promote life-long learning opportunities for all
6. Ensure availability and sustainable management o
water
and sanitation for all.
7. Ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable,
and
modern energy for all.
8. Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable
economic
growth, full and productive employment and
decent work
11. Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe,
resilient and
sustainable.
12. Ensure sustainable consumption and production
patterns.
13. Take urgent action to combat climate change and
its impacts (in
line with the United Nations Frameworks
Convention on Climate
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15. Protect, restore, and promote sustainable use of
terrestrial ecosystems, sustainable manage forests,
combat desertification, and halt and reverse land
degradation and half biodiversity loss.

16. Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for

sustainable development, provide access to justice for
all and build effective, accountable and inclusive
institutions at all levels.
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The Eight-Millennium Development Goals of 2015

1. to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger;

2. to achieve universal primary education;
3. to promote gender equality;
4. to reduce child mortality;
5. to improve maternal health;
6. to combat HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other diseases;
7. to ensure environmental sustainability; and
8. to develop a global partnership for development.
 The Top Ten Global
Issues and How They
can be addressed
Climate Change
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The global temperatures are rising, and are
estimated to increase from 2.6 degrees Celsius to 4.8
degrees Celsius by 2100. This would cause more
severe weather, crises with food and resources and
the spread of disease. The reduction of greenhouse
emissions and the spreading of education on the
importance of going green can help make a big
difference. Lobbying governments and discussing
policies to reduce carbon emissions and encouraging
reforestation is an effective way of making progress
with climate change.
Pollution
Pollution includes ocean’ litter, pesticides and
fertilizers, air, light and noise pollution. Clean water
is essential for humans and animals, but more than
one billion people don’t have access to clean water
due to pollution from toxic substances, sewage or
industrial waste.
Chileans create water-soluble plastic bag that breaks
down in minutes
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Violence
✘ Violence can be found in the social,
cultural and economic aspects of the
world. Weather it is conflict that has
broken out in a city, hatred targeted at a
certain group of people or sexual
harassment occurring on the street,
violence is a preventable problem that has
been an issue for longer than necessary.
 Various forms of Violence
Physical Violence
Sexual Violence
EmotionalVIOLENCE
PHYSICAL Violence
Psychological Violence
Spiritual Violence
Cultural Violence
 Physical Violence
✘Physical violence occurs
when someone uses a part of
SEXUAL VIOLENCE
their body or an object to
control a person’s actions.
 Sexual Violence
Sexual violence occurs when a person is
EMOTIONAL VIOLENCE
forced to unwillingly take apart in sexual
activity.
Emotional Violence
✘Emotional Violence
occurs PSYCHOLOGICAL
when someone
says or does something
VIOLENCE
make a person feel
stupid or worthless.
Psychological Violence
✘Psychological Violence
SPIRITUAL
occurs when someone
VIOLENCE
uses threats and causes
fear in an individual to
gain control.
Spiritual
  Violence
✘ Spiritual (or religious)
CULTURAL
violence occurs when
someone uses an
VIOLENCE
individual’s spiritual beliefs
to manipulate, dominate or
control that person.
 Cultural Violence
✘Cultural Violence
occurs when an
individual is harmed
as a result of practices
that are part of his or
her culture, religion or
 Various forms of
Violence
Physical Violence Sexual Violence Emotional Violence
     
Physical violence occurs when Sexual violence occurs when a Emotional Violence occurs
someone uses a part of their body or person is forced to unwillingly when someone says or
an object to control a person’s take apart in sexual activity does something make a
actions person feel stupid or
worthless
Psychological Violence Spiritual Violence Cultural Violence
   
Psychological Violence occurs when Spiritual (or religious) violence Cultural Violence occurs
someone uses threats and causes occurs when someone uses an when an individual is
fear in an individual to gain control individual’s spiritual beliefs to harmed as a result of
manipulate, dominate or control practices that are part of his
that person. or her culture, religion or
tradition.

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 Security and Well Being
The U.N is a perfect example
of what should be done to prevent
the lack of security and well-being
a serious global issue. Through its
efforts with regional organizations
and representatives that are skilled
in security, the U.N is working
toward increasing the well-being
of people throughout the world.
LACK OF EDUCATION
 More than 72 million children
throughout the globe that are of
the age to be in primary
education are not enrolled in
school. This can be attributed to
inequality and marginalization as
well as poverty. Fortunately,
there are many organizations that
work directly with the issue of
education in providing the proper
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The Philippines has consistently made a
significant stride in its functional literacy rate.
Functional literacy, as defined by the National
Statistics Authority is the level of literacy
which includes not only reading and writing
but also numeracy skills that would help
people cope with the daily demands of life.
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Functional Literacy, Education and
Mass Media Survey (FLEMSS)

90.3% rate (2013)

9 out of every 10 Filipinos
10-64 were functionally
literate
 Unemployment
Without the necessary education
and skills for employment, many
people, particularly 15 to 24 years
old, struggle to find jobs and create
a proper living for themselves and
their families. This leads to a lack
of necessary resources, such as
enough food, clothing,
transportation and proper living
 unemployment rate in the Philippines
5.3 % - 5.2 %
(2018) (MARCH, 2019)

Unemployment rate in the Philippines

averaged 8.34 percent from1994 until 2019,
reaching an all time high of 13.90 percent in
first quarter of 2000 and a record low of 4.70
percent in the fourth quarter of 2016.
 Government
Corruption
Means of corruption include graft,
bribery, embezzlement, backdoor
deals, nepotism, and patronage.
Corruption is a major cause of
poverty considering how it affects
the poor most, eroding political
and economic development,
Corruption can be detrimental
to the safety and well being of
citizens living within the
corrupted vicinity, and can
cause an increase in violence
and physical threats without as
much regulation in the
government.
DENMARKTransparency International’s
NEW ZEALAND corruption index
FINLAND
R U P T
SINGAPORE
RANKED 94thC O R177 (2013)
NORWAY
out of
SWEDEN IG H LY ES
H thNT
R I
NETHERLANDS
SWITZERLAND
RANKED
C O U
99 CANADA
out of 180 (2018)
LUXEMBOURG
GERMANY
UNITED KINGDOM
 Malnourishment and
Hunger
Currently there are 795 million
people who do not have enough to eat.
Long-term success of ending world
hunger starts with ending poverty. By
fighting poverty through proper
training for employment, education
and the teaching of cooking and
gardening skills, people who are
suffering will be more likely to get
 Malnutrition, in all its forms, includes
under nutrition (wasting, stunting,
underweight), inadequate vitamins or
minerals, overweight, obesity, and resulting
diet-related non-communicable diseases.
The planet creates more than enough
food to meet everyone’s needs. But there
are still millions of hungry people in the
world.
 Substance Abuse
Is “the harmful or
hazardous use of psychoactive
substances, including alcohol
and illicit drugs” (World Health
Organization) The United
Nations reports that, by the
beginning of 21st century, an
estimated 185 million people
over the age of 15 were
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 Terrorism
Terrorism is an issue throughout the
world that causes fear and insecurity,
violence and death. Across the globe,
terrorists attack innocent people, often
without warning. This makes civilians
feel defenceless in their everyday lives.
Making national security a higher priority
is key in combating terrorism, as well as
promoting justice in wrongdoings to
illustrate the enforcement of the law and
“The seventeen Sustainable
Development Goals are our
shared vision of humanity and
a social contract between the
world’s leaders and the people.
They are a to-do list for people
and planet and a blue print for
success”.

-Ban Ki-moon
UN Secretary-General
 Global Issues SDGs 2015-2030 and Education

In September 2015, the General Assembly adopted

the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development that
includes 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Building the principle of “leaving no one behind”,
the new Agenda emphasizes a holistic approach to
achieving sustainable development. The realization
of the 17 SDGs means solving the top global issues
cited by two sources.
Top 10 Current Global Issues TODAY
1. large scale conflicts/wars/violence/terrorism;
2. inequality (income discrimination);
3. poverty, unemployment;
4. religious conflicts;
5. graft and corruption;
6. food and water security/malnourishment, hunger;
7. lack of education;
8. safety, security and well-being;
9. lack of economic opportunity and unemployment; and
10. pollution.
Question:

How come Philippines was one of the highest number of

educated people and yet we remain to be “islands of
affluence amidst a sea of poverty” meaning poverty
abounds?

Can this be traced to poor quality of Philippine education?

Why or why not?

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S!