Citizenship education helps prepare students, equipping them with the knowledge, understanding and skills to play an effective role in public life. It is essential in helping develop political knowledge and active and engaged citizens who can make a positive contribution to the economy, community and democratic society.
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Some fascinating facts:
- Citizenship is the only subject in the national curriculum that teaches about the way democracy, politics, the economy and the law work.
- Half a million young people have achieved a GCSE or A level qualification in citizenship to date since 2002.
- Young people have initiated over 100,000 active citizenship projects in their communities since the GCSE was introduced.
- Citizenship is not about indoctrination: teachers and local authorities are required by the Education Act 1996 to make sure that students are presented with different points of views so that they can make up their own minds.
- Citizenship education is also not only a Labour project: it was introduced as a cross-curricular theme by a Conservative government in 1990.
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