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Citizenship education teaches citizens about their rights and obligations within a state. It aims to create responsible citizens by raising awareness of both rights and duties. There are three categories of citizen obligations: civic/political duties like voting; economic duties such as paying taxes; and social duties regarding relationships with others and authorities, like respecting public property. Citizenship education promotes unity, law and order, leadership, and political stability within a state.

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Citizenship Education Week 1

Citizenship education teaches citizens about their rights and obligations within a state. It aims to create responsible citizens by raising awareness of both rights and duties. There are three categories of citizen obligations: civic/political duties like voting; economic duties such as paying taxes; and social duties regarding relationships with others and authorities, like respecting public property. Citizenship education promotes unity, law and order, leadership, and political stability within a state.

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TOPIC: CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION

I. Meaning/definition of citizenship Education, duties and obligations of citizens


II. Identify and describe duties and obligations of citizens to their communities.

MEANING/DEFINITION OF CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION, DUTIES AND


OBLIGATIONS OF CITIZENS
Citizenship education is the process by which the citizens of a state acquire the relevant
knowledge about their rights and obligations in order to become responsible citizens in the
state.
The primary objective of citizenship education is to create awareness of the rights the
citizens are entitled to enjoy within the provisions of the constitution and their duties to the
state as citizens.

IMPORTANCE OF CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION


1. It helps the citizens to know their rights: The first goal of citizenship education is
to help the citizens to identify their fundamental rights and ensure that these rights are not
infringed upon. It is this awareness that enables the citizens to seek for redress whenever
their privileges are denied or violated either by the state, organization or an individual.
2. It promotes responsible citizenship: Citizenship education enables the citizens to be
law abiding in their relationship with the government and fellow citizens in a state.
3. It helps to promote unity in a state: Citizenship education teaches tolerance, love
and hospitality. These are the basic ingredients of unity. Citizenship education enables
citizens to see far beyond ethnic, tribal and religious lines. Hence, there is promotion of
unity among the diverse groups and interests in the society.
4. It promotes law and order in the society: Citizenship education enables the citizens
to be law abiding and show respect for the nation's constitution. Informed citizens will
observe decorum in public places, respect other citizens' rights including respect for
constituted authority.
5. It prepares the youths for leadership: Citizenship education equips the youths with
the relevant knowledge and skills needed for leadership. It takes informed youths to make
a great nation.
6. It helps to promote development and progress in the society: The knowledge of
citizenship education creates an environment of unity and peace which enables
development and progress in the society.
7. It ensures political stability in the country: A country where people know their
rights and obligations tend to enjoy relative peace that enhances political and economic
stability in the state. Besides, citizenship education helps to reduce cases of human rights
abuses in the society. The level of acrimony is reduced thereby ensuring stability in the
country.
8. It ensures good followership: Citizenship education inculcate good values that help
the citizens to be loyal followers of their leaders and people in positions of authority.
EVALUATION
1. Define citizenship education.
2. Mention five importance of citizenship education.

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II. IDENTIFY AND DESCRIBE DUTIES AND OBLIGATIONS OF CITIZENS TO
THEIR COMMUNITIES.

Duties and obligations are the constitutional responsibilities a citizen or citizens are
expected to perform in the society for the smooth governance of the state. There are
basically three categories of obligations: civic or political obligations, economic obligations
and social obligations.

Civic or political obligations are the political duties of the citizens to the state such as voting
during election, readiness to serve, obedience to law and order, etc.

Economic obligations are the duties of the citizens that are associated with business,
revenue, funding and maintenance of infrastructures. A good example of economic duty is
prompt payment of taxes.

Social obligations are the duties of the citizens that are related to the individual’s
relationship with government agents, government properties and other citizens in the state.
Examples of social obligations are respect for constituted authority, promotion of
orderliness in public places, involvement in environmental sanitation, protection of public
properties, etc.

EVALUATION
1. Define duties and obligations.
2. Describe the three categories of obligations.

DUTIES AND OBLIGATIONS OF CITIZENS


Below are some of the duties and obligations of the citizens in the society.
1. Obedience to Law and Order: Citizens of a state have the constitutional
obligation to obey the laws of the state and ensure orderliness in their conducts.
2. Payment of Taxes: Citizens owe the state the duty of tax payment. It is an
offense against the state for an employed citizen to evade tax payment.
3. Voting During Election: All qualified citizens are expected to participate in the
election of political leaders at all levels. Those who refuse to vote have no right to complain
of bad governance.
4. Respect for the Rights of Other Citizens: The citizens are expected not to
infringe on the rights of other citizens in the process of exercising their own rights.
5. Reporting suspected criminal cases to appropriate authority or agency.
6. Readiness to serve as witness in the court when the need arises.
7. Respect for national symbols and national anthem.
8. Involvement in community services including environmental sanitation.
9. Willingness/readiness to defend the nation at all times.

EVALUATION
1. Mention seven duties of a citizen of a state.
2. Mention any three duties that may not be applicable to students under 18 years.

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