CURRENT STATUS OF CIVIC AND MORAL EDUCATION AS A SUBJECT INGOVERNMENT ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS OF SOUTHERN PUNJAB

Abstract

The focus of this existing research was to identify the current status of civic and moral education as a subject at 
elementary school level. The main objectives of the study were (a) to investigate how civic education as a subject should 
be taught at school level;(b) to find out the civic education activities and what students want to learn in school 
regarding civic education and (c) to recommend suitable measures how to inculcate civic and moral education among 
elementary school students. The study was descriptive in nature while quantitative research approach was used to 
gather information from the respondents.The population of the study was elementary schools teachers, head teachers of 
district Lodhran and Bahawalpur. Total 155 teachers and head teachers and students were selected as a sample of the 
study. Questionnaire was considered the appropriate tool to gather information. On the base of the analysis of the study 
it was found that most of the teachers opined that in most of the electuary schools of district Lodhran and Bahawalpur 
there is no special civic education teacher who teaches civic education while few of the teachers opined that they 
arrange such activities for students in schools in which most of the students get benefits of civic education. Few 
teachers of district Lodhran were of the view that in your school are there teachers who specialize in a civic-related 
subject while most of the teachers were having negative opinion about the statement.