WHAT IS CIVIC EDUCATION
Civic Education was derived from citizenship education, which simply means an educational or learning activity, specifically meant to create awareness, teach right values, right attitudes and behaviours that are acceptable to the society where an individual lives. These acceptable norms…
REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY
Representative democracy is a form of government whereby qualified citizens elect their representatives or their candidates to represent them in the parliament or in the executive, at local, state and federal levels through popular and periodic elections and for a…
ORIGIN OF CITIZENSHIP
The history of citizenship dates back to 19th century. This period also witnessed the origin of nation-state. Before the 19th century, members of a nation believed that citizenship was for the privileged and few people in the society. These few…
YOUTH EMPOWERMENT
Youth empowerment suggests the various ways of developing the capacity and capability of youths toward becoming job creators and not necessarily job seekers. The main purpose of youth empowerment is to encourage youths to acquire entrepreneurial skills and knowledge to…
HIV/AIDS
HIV stands for Human Immunodeficiency Virus. HIV is the virus that causes AIDS. People become infected with HIV when the virus is transmitted into their blood stream. This happens when a person is exposed to HIV infected body fluids through…
MEANING OF VALUES
Values can be defined as the worth, merit or esteem which a person, individual or group of people in the society or communities have for objects or an idea. For example, when someone says, “I value my life” or “I…
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