'Education needs to embrace diversity'

Education has been largely developed and passed down in a way to consolidate the dominance of men and the rich, and in this changing era of globalization, education needs to embrace other parts of society and respect diversity, said Francisco Rios, a professor of Woodring College of Education at Western Washington University.

Rios came to Korea to participate in the World Coalition for Equity and Diversity in Education's (WCEDE) first world congress being held at Hoam Faculty House at Seoul National University, Seoul, Wednesday. Rios is president of the WCEDE.