Youth Parliament

Why Youth Parliament

Citizenship is not a subject; it is away of living. Therefore, its learning demandsappropriate practice in the living of it. Our approach has to be, not “What does a goodcitizen know?” but “what does a good citizen do, and what must he know to do it?”Citizenship education cannot be imparted merely by providing students with factualinformation. We have to think not only in terms of developing competencies in studentsbut also in terms of influencing their attitudes which are essential for running democracyin the country on right lines. This is possible if we pay some attention to designing andorganising purposeful activities for students’ participation. The Youth Parliament is oneof such activities by which we can impart some real citizenship education.