Notability and Topicality of Civic Education

Abstract

Analyzing the process of election in Latvia and the European Union it is obvious that the activity of electors is decreasing. Disloyalty towards authorities and executives is increasing, which may result in a crisis of democracy in the nearest future. To promote civic activity it is necessary to carry out the civic education in a more practical aspect because it is a base for making a social responsibility for the environment and social activities. Schools, the sources of mental development and the development of personality are crucial for the development of the country as well. By using professional experience and the theoretical and empirical methods of processing data, this article gives an overview of the activity of electors in Latvia and the European Union, identifies the practical aspects of the civic education in the stages of elementary and high school and gives practical suggestions for the developing of civic education through the stages of elementary and high school through the studying process and beyond it.