Evaluating Active Citizenship in Young Learner in The Context of Karachi

Abstract

This article defines Active Citizenship within a level of education in young generation context as a broad range of value-based participation. In this study researcher used a framework for evaluating this phenomenon which combines the four dimensions of Protest and Social Change, Community Life, Representative Democracy and Democratic Values. The framework which researcher uses also used in The European Social Survey 2002 to populate the framework as this survey provided the best data coverage available and covered 19 European Countries. In this research total 61 indicators were selected. A composite indicator, The Active Citizenship Composite Indicator (ACCI), The limitations to the ACCI are explained in terms of the limitation of the data availability in particular concerning the new forms of participation and less organized forms of participation. For measuring the active citizenship in young generation 100 questionnaires were prepared for university students (bachelors level student and for master level). Survey results are given in the body below under the heading of results. Most of the results are as expected and matching with many international surveys conducted outside Pakistan but few results are really very unexpected and shocking. The results of Active Citizenship Composite Indicator exhibit interesting and quite distinct regional patterns. The results showed that the mostly students cannot be considered as active citizen at social level but in political, democratic and religious indicators students have shown highest rate of Active Citizenship, followed by human right and social violently work indicator.