Thoughts and Perceptions about Citizenship education and its inclusion as a separate subject in the curriculum of schools of Lahore
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2016-06-06
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UMT.lahore
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Citizenship education is becoming a very essential aspect in the education sector worldwide. It provides the awareness of rights and responsibilities to the members of a nation-state. The research emphasizes the importance of good citizenship education from school level. If citizenship education is delivered to children from the primary years of schooling, they would become fully aware of the privileges they enjoy as members of a state and the corresponding duties that they have to perform. This would develop strong civic sense in the young minds; inculcate democratic, social, and moral values in them; and make them critically thinking members of the society. Citizenship education makes people accustomed to discuss their differences in a rational way and they can deal with their conflicts and controversies in a better way. This makes life as friction free as possible and lead towards social cohesion and harmony.