CMCA’s citizenship education programmes empower young people with an understanding of democratic values and citizenship to become active citizens who will work towards a better India for all. We adopt an experiential and interactive approach and enable students to develop key values, life skills, and a commitment towards active citizenship.
Students are encouraged to investigate and identify issues in their communities, and find solutions by raising awareness, engaging with local authorities, and starting movements. They also develop democratic values of justice, equality, sustainability, and inclusivity. This is done at schools, colleges, and rural libraries.
Our programmes also aim to equip students with crucial life skills that are intertwined with active citizenship. On the way to becoming active citizens through CMCA’s programmes, young people learn specific life skills such as empathy, critical thinking, effective communication, problem solving, and interpersonal skills including teamwork.
CMCA carries out important policy research and advocacy work, predominantly through our pioneering study, the Yuva Nagarik Meter, which records attitudes on various kinds of civic values amongst the youth. The findings from our research help us in creating and updating our own curricula, and in advocating for reforms in governmental education policy.
CMCA’s programmes are designed to fulfill our vision of empowered young people living by the values of democracy, in harmony with nature, engaged in collective action for equitable development.
Our school programmes give primary and high school children the opportunity to engage with citizenship and democracy through clubs, stories, short activities, and more.
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Our Nanna Oletigaagi Granthalaya (My Library for a Better Me) initiative supports the Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department, Government of Karnataka, in transforming Grama Panchayat libraries into epicentres of change.
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Our workshops for college students cover a range of topics in Civics and Citizenship and Life Skills Education.
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Besides our direct interventions with young people, we also engage with state and national government to advocate for change in educational policy, particularly in the teaching of civics to young people.
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During the audit, my team members came to know that the garbage in our neighbourhood is being burned by the pourakarmika and not disposed off safely. I called up the helpline and lodged a complaint with the authorities and solved the garbage issue in my area. It helped me realise that I, as a child, can make a difference too
It has been a pleasure to be associated with CMCA for the last eight years. A great learning in sensitising not only the children but also our volunteers and their families towards Active Citizenship. As a trustee of Chitnavis Trust in-charge of CMCA I wish the wonderful movement the very best.
It's been 5 years, and CMCA has constantly shown us here, at H2O, the impact civic education among children. Our education system is such, that most of us learn without knowing how to use it to empower ourselves and those around us. CMCA addresses that missing link of the system. We’re truly glad to be a part of this programme, which is creating generations of change makers, one class act at a time. We do hope that as an organisation, we too are able to successfully take forward this initiative and help children build their own understanding of socio-civic issues and become active citizens of a global world.
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CMCA has been accredited by Credibility Alliance under the category “Desirability Norms” – for good governance, accountability, transparency and continuous improvements. Credibility Alliance is a consortium of voluntary organisations committed to enhancing accountability and transparency in the voluntary sector through good governance.
