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Citizenship education
Education for citizenship has an important part to play in supporting all of the Scottish Executive?s National Priorities for education. West Lothian Council is committed to providing the highest quality learning and teaching within citizenship education.
Aims of citizenship education are to help pupils:
Increase knowledge and understanding of:
- Contemporary social, political, economic, cultural and ethical issues
- Individual and social needs and the consequences of action to meet them
- Rights and responsibilities in a democratic society
- Opportunities to bring about social and environmental change
- Barriers to full opportunity of exercising citizenship
- Conflict and decision-making process, including the influence of the media
- Global interdependence and the effects of globalisation on society
For more information please access the Citizenship Policy which can be found under 'Online Tools' on the right.
