Abstract
The research was designed to explore the development of citizenship development at elementary
level; to assess the effectiveness of citizenship program in education and to compare the
development of citizenship among students on basis of gender. “Pre-test post-test” experimental
research design was selected for the conducting this research. Population of the study was
consisted of 9, 9132 elementary level students enrolled in private schools of Islamabad. As far as
sample is concerned; However to conduct the study on practical grounds A class of 25 students
(Grade 6) was selected as the sample. A check list based on 25 items was prepared by the
researcher based on 5 elements of citizenship education (truthfulness, honesty, cleanliness,
helpfulness and time management) as data collection tool. In pre-test majority of the students
scored at average level of citizenship development. While after the completion of experiment the
majority students scored at high level of learning the content delivered during experiment. The
citizenship development course was found statistically significant for the elementary level
students. There was statistically no significant difference found in the Citizenship Development of
the students in pre/posttest on the basis of gender. It is recommended that teachers need to arrange
special events in which citizenship development related content may be displayed in form of
pictures and posters.
Quratul Ain Hina, Sundas Kashmeeri, Zawar Hussain. (2019) Effectiveness of Citizenship Education Programme for Elementary Level, Journal of Elementary Education, Volume-29, Issue-2.
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