Answer to Question #208292 in Sociology for Chadrack kyungu

Question

What are the most important features of citizenship education in South Africa

Answer 1

Learners have to be prepared for their future responsibilities as citizens of a democratic society.

Many institutions help to develop citizens' knowledge and skills and shape their civic character and commitments: family, religious institutions, the media, and community groups all exert important influences. Schools, however, bear a special and historic responsibility for the development of civic competency and responsibility.

Citizenship and democracy need to be problematised and reconstructed for each gene-ration. public schools must assist in the unending work of preparing citizens for self-governance in an evolving social environment.

Through the public schools, learners can be taught the values and skills necessary to administer, protect and perpetuate a free demo-cratic society.