ISLAMABAD: A group of 20 international delegates from Ukraine, United Kingdom, Sri Lanka and Lebanon attended the Annual British Council Active Citizens International Study Visit at Flagship Millennium Campus in Islamabad, according to a press release issued by the organisation on Wednesday.
The delegation was headed by the International Active Citizens’ facilitator Michael Francis Waldron and the head of programs society Zeenia Faraz.
Historically, citizenship education has been understood in two ways: promoting responsible citizens through reflective inquiry and active citizenship learned through social action. The responsible citizen approach proposes that schools can prepare students for their civic role by developing their ability to form thoughtful opinions on matters of public policy. Millennials, who had been actively working on social action projects under the British Council Active Citizens’ Program, displayed their efforts in a ceremony that culminated a long term of preparation in front of the International delegation.
The delegates advocated a paradigm shift while achieving higher education in today’s technology enabled learning generation and the role of community service in bridging cultural gaps in a time where the world is facing uncertainties. The students at Millennium Campus in their projects emphasized that the focus of intellectuals of the world has shifted from specialized knowledge to a more holistic development of the individual.
