The National Commission for Civic Education held a 3-day teacher training in Kumasi, Ghana this May. Teachers from 10 regions attended the workshop that focused on youth better understanding their rights and civic responsibilities. Teachers have been urged to help school children to have a better understanding of their fundamental rights and adopt positive disposition [...]

Elarbi Imad, Moroccan Center for Civic Education president and Civitas International Programs country director for Morocco, was recently honored at the U.S. State Department’s celebration of the 70th anniversary of the International Visitor Leadership Program. ebruary 17, 2011 marked the 70th anniversary of the International Visitor Leadership Program. A reception hosted by the U.S. Department of State [...]

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  Fifth-graders at St. Joseph School in Cottleville participated in a mock congressional hearing Nov. 15, testifying before a panel of judges. The hearing was the culminating event to a citizenship education program called We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution. Students demonstrated their knowledge of the Constitution in front of a panel of judges. The judges [...]

Over the past several weeks the issues of Bullying and harassment within Guam's public schools have become a concern. Now The Judiciary of Guam and the Department of Education are working together to implement a program to stop bullying in our island schools.   The Judiciary of Guam in collaboration with the Department of Education held a workshop [...]

Civic education, which includes an understanding of citizenship and democracy at national and European level, is part of compulsory education in EU Member States.  The International Association for the Evaluation or Educational Achievement (IEA) has conducted its largest study in the field of international civic education.  The results of this study showed the European students have [...]

  Democracy is prerequisite for a federal system PESHAWAR: Democracy is the prerequisite for a federal system where all federating units have equal say in national affairs. The was the crux of a one day event on “Understanding Federalism”, arranged by the Centre for Civic Education Pakistan and Forum of Federations at the Institute of Management Sciences, (Hayatabad) Peshawar. [...]

  St. Louis Senior High School wins award   Accra, Dec. 9, GNA – St Louis Senior High School on Thursday made its Ashanti Region proud when the school won the 2010 Project Citizen Ghana National Showcase award in Accra. Project Citizen is a portfolio-based interdisciplinary civic education programme for the youth that promotes qualitative participation in local and [...]

School-community-university partnerships for a sustainable democracy: Education for democratic citizenship in Europe and the United States of America (01/12/2010) This guide examines how schools and universities can work together with their local communities to promote democracy in society based on the principles of Education for Democratic Citizenship (EDC), a concept developed by the Council of Europe. Partnerships [...]

  STOCKTON – Most high school students – most adults – don't usually dissect the United States Constitution. But that can't be said about 17-year-old Marlene Valencia and her teammates. She and 21 other Manteca High School seniors were the only San Joaquin County competitors in the Center for Civic Education's regional We the People: The Citizen and [...]

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  A new study shows Oklahoma ranks 45th in voter turnout in the nation, 36th in voter turnout and 31st in discussing politics with friends and family. The study was released by a national civic organization and students, faculty and staff at the University of Central Oklahoma. The first of its kind study in the state is called the [...]

November 18, 2010, 2:51pm MANILA, Philippines (PNA) — Presidential Communications Operations Office (PCOO) Secretary Herminio "Sonny" Coloma, guesting at an academic forum at the University of the Philippines (UP)-Diliman in Quezon City on Thursday, cited the need for the inclusion of human rights subjects in the basic and tertiary education levels. Secretary Coloma said Malacañang will soon ask [...]

The Global Alliance for Justice Exchange will host its 6th annual conference in Valencia, Spain focusing on promoting social justice through new and existing university legal clinics.  

In the cover photograph (listed left to right): U.S. Ambassador to India, Timothy J. Roemer; Rachna Pant, regional coordinator, Project Citizen India, Dr. Terry Mason, Indiana University. Days before President Obama’s October visit to India, students from twenty-five schools across the country gathered to participate in the National Project Citizen Student Showcase held at the India Islamic [...]

This one week session will focus on the discrimination of women in diverse situations. The session will begin on May 16 and end on May 20, 2011. Applications are being accepted now through March 16, 2011.   This session stresses the multiplicity of forms of discrimination women from diverse situations experience. During the week we will learn through [...]