Abstract
School education serves as ladder and the students of today are leaders of future. Future of the
generations is in clutches of virtual sphere. Pakistan, being a developing country is also working
to meet the challenges of the world and pace with it. From class 1 to 8, the subject of Social Studies
is taught as a compulsory subject to teach personal, social and citizenship Education to Pakistani
students. Presented study was designed to highlight the dire need of aforementioned education
in bridging the virtual sphere as well as to identify how much Personal, Social and global
citizenship is conceptualized through the curriculum of Social Studies and what more is required
to add up. To achieve the aim of the study, documental analysis of the social studies curriculum
and textbooks was done. Each level book was analyzed according to the set parameters given by
OXFAM (2015) and UNESCO (2015) Guides for Schools. The findings revealed textbooks need
to improve some areas.
Hafiz Kosar, Dr. Najam ul Kashif. (2020) Students’ Future in the Virtual Sphere: Necessity of Personal, Social and Global Citizenship Education at Elementary Level, International Journal of Distance Education and E-Learning, Volume 5, Issue 2.
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