Global Citizenship Education
Also called: GCED · Topic: Citizenship: Idea and Indian Law · NCERT: Class 11, Ch 6 "Citizenship"
Meaning
Global Citizenship Education (GCED) is a UNESCO programme. It teaches people the values, knowledge and skills they need to help build just, peaceful, tolerant and inclusive societies. It is based on the idea of global citizenship: people are linked across borders and share responsibility for problems that no single country can solve alone. GCED is tied to SDG target 4.7. That is the part of the UN Sustainable Development Goals on education for sustainable development and global citizenship.
Example
A school lesson might look at how countries worked together to help victims of the 2004 tsunami, or to fight bird flu. Students learn that people in other countries are also part of a shared human community. This is the kind of learning GCED promotes.
Don't confuse with
- National citizenship: this is legal membership of one state, with rights such as the vote. GCED gives no legal status. It only builds values and awareness. NCERT's view is that global citizenship adds to national citizenship but cannot replace it.
Related concepts
- Universal citizenship
- Refugee
- Statelessness
- United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
- 1951 Refugee Convention
- Non-refoulement
- Global citizenship