**5. Conclusion**

In concluding the chapter, it could be noted that there are many inequalities related to social work between the global North and global South. Most of these inequalities are borne within, whereas many are the results of historical, political, economic, and cultural factors. Western colonialism and globalization have gifted many issues to global South and the respective governments and the bureaucrats have not been able to find out an -ism that suits their own societies. While it is true that globalization is irreversible, the local cultures could attempt to figure out a better solution for their issues. All the articles perused for this chapter have not shown a clear picture regarding a better future. So the following suggestions would be made to strengthen the university curricular to achieve the SDGs of the societies of global South.

First, to empower the teaching and learning context, the inter-university student, lecturer exchange programs should be commenced through local, regional, and global level. The national Social Work associations could be the main actor for arriving at a proper understanding between or among the institutes that offer Social Work study programs. Lecturers of the global South need collaborative learning and research opportunities with the lecturers and trainers who have wider experiences about global North and South. A constructive and fully fledged intervention is expected from the international institutions, INGOs, and NGOs who could assist the social work studies by providing research funds, grants for field work, assistance for publications and conferences for these institutes. There should be opportunities for industry-university partnerships so that the lecturers and students can have more opportunities to work in different fields of practice.

It has been understood that most of the Third World governments and the toplevel bureaucrats have not extended their support to these educational institutes to realize the full potential of the Social Work to upgrade the lives of their people. One way to redeem the existing situation is to empower the local professional associations. The necessary physical and human resources should be provided to achieve their respective objectives. The universities and the other institutes should develop clientfriendly, all-inclusive SWE through the university curricula to achieve the SDGs in a cost-effective manner. The public and private sector institutes and organizations should generate the respective employments in each field so that the properly trained Social Work graduates should not get stranded in the job market. In summary, a new international social work curriculum that can cater to the changing needs could produce a new international social worker for a better tomorrow.

*Perspective Chapter: Social Work Education in University Curricula for Sustainable Development DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.106246*
