AARTHI S

ADARSH S V
DANIEL D
DEVIKA MENON M K
NISHA MARY THOMAS
MISSION VISION CORE VALUES
CHRIST is a nurturing ground for an individual’s Excellence and Service Faith in God | Moral Uprightness
holistic development to make effective contribution to Love of Fellow Beings
the society in a dynamic environment Social Responsibility | Pursuit of Excellence
 CHRIST
Deemed to be University

Excellence and Service

 CHRIST
Deemed to be University

Excellence and Service

CIVIC SENSE
AARTHI S
ADARSH S V
DANIEL D
DEVIKA MENON M K
NISHA MARY THOMAS
Session 1
Outline
What is Civic Sense?
Do we have Civic Sense?
Civic Sense – Need of the hour
Personal, Ethical and Social Values
Civic Sense – at Home and Campus
 What does it
mean to possess
Civic Sense?
Self - Introspection

1 Which one is yours???

Self - Introspection

2 If you belong to this class what

will you do?
Self - Introspection

You saw a blind man crossing You witnessed an accident

the road

3 How will you react to these situations?

What is Civic Sense?
⚫Social Ethics
⚫Norms of Society.
⚫Consideration for a fellow human being - means
being polite, showing consideration to elderly,
woman, children and disabled people.
⚫Reflects the actual personality and shows the
responsibility of any person
Do we have Civic Sense?
Lack of Civic Sense
• People are more Selfish

• Lack ownership of our own

society
• Intolerance
• Disrespect to the environment
Lack of Civic Sense
• Negligence
• Disregarding the law –
following shortcuts and
unethical ways to get one’s work
done
Lack of Civic Sense
Civic Sense – Need of the hour
• Clean
environment

• Basic amenities

• Health and hygiene

• Attract tourists,
employment and
revenue generation
Values
⚫To have good civic sense, a person need to have
values in their lives
⚫Values are the principles that we establish to
guide our behavior towards others
⚫It helps us direct the social aspects of our lives.
⚫It influences how we think and act as human
beings.
⚫Values facilitate individual and social well-being
Personal Values
Principles on which we build our lives and guide us
to relate with others.

Ethical Values
Principles of good and evil, which govern an
individual’s behavior and choices.
Social Values
⚫ Developed and practiced as a result of our
association with fellow members of the society.

⚫ Change in accordance with changes in social

circumstances.
 Values
Personal Ethical Social
Cleanliness Honesty service

Respect for Patriotism Sharing

others
Integrity Hospitality
Self-motivation
Sense of Patience
Punctuality responsibility
Tolerance
Determination
Team sprit
Activity 1
List out at least six values, that you feel
would have developed in your life.
How these values will connect to Civic
Sense?
In our
homes/rooms
⚫Keep things in order

⚫Keep things from where you

have taken them from

⚫Draw curtains and allow air and

sunlight to enter the room

⚫Make your bed

In our
homes/rooms
⚫Sort out your cupboards

⚫Organize and arrange your

clothes neatly; organize your books

and cosmetics neatly
In the Bathrooms
Don’ts
⚫ Waste water
⚫ Keep the tap running while you
are brushing your teeth
⚫ Allow water to overflow from
buckets
⚫ Forget to flush the toilet and
keep it as clean as possible
⚫ Forget to use slippers
 Dining Etiquette

⚫ Chew food with your mouths

closed
⚫ Do not talk with food in your
mouth
⚫ Excuse yourself before you leave,
if others are at the table
⚫ Keep the sink clean after rinsing
your mouth and washing hands
On Campus
It is against civic sense
to:
⚫ litter
⚫ Throw knots of hair
around
⚫ Write on the walls of
the corridor
⚫ Talk loudly when
classes are in session
On Campus
It is against civic sense
to:
⚫ Not clearing out from
the corridors as soon
as possible
⚫ Have eatables in the
lift
In the classroom it is
against civic sense to
⚫Chew gum
⚫Stick gum beneath
the desk, on the walls
or on the benches and
chairs.
⚫Comb your hair in
the classroom.
⚫Eat or drink in the
classroom.
In the classroom it is
against civic sense to
⚫Leaving leftovers
on/in your desks
⚫Keeping the lights
and fans on even as
you move out
⚫Writing on the
desks in the
classroom
Activity 2
Group 1: Identify the lack of civic sense at home and
propose a suitable solution.
Group 2: Identify the lack of civic sense around the
home and propose a suitable solution.
Group 3 : Identify the lack of civic sense at campus
and propose a suitable solution.
Group 4 : Identify the lack of civic sense in the
society
and propose a suitable solution.
Activity 3

Go around the campus and witness the civic sense

followed in the campus. If any lack of civic sense is
noticed, take an initiative by creating awareness
using placards and table top stands using recycled
materials.
Session 2
Recap
⚫Self – Introspection
⚫What is Civic Sense
⚫Lack of Civic Sense
⚫Civic Sense – Need of the hour
⚫Personal Values
⚫Ethical Values
⚫Social Values
⚫Do’s/Don’t
Outline

Civic Sense – Society

Rights, Dutiesession
and Responsibilities
2
Ways to achieve Global
Mindedness
Measuring Global
Mindedness
Civic Sense in Society
Practice of civic sense need to be extended from
family and immediate environment to society at
large
⚫ Change of mindset
⚫ Sense of ownership
⚫ Motivation and attitudinal shift is required to
practice it in our day to day life – at home,
institutions and other public places
⚫ A recognition that you are part of society and
society is also part of you
 Civic Sense in Society…
⚫ An understanding that keeping public places
clean is the same as keeping my home and
surrounding clean
⚫ It is a purification of our mentalities towards
ourselves, immediate society and society at large
⚫ The recognition that social awareness and
exercise of civilian duties are also part of my civic
sense
⚫ As civic sense at the end of the day is not about
self but about the self’s negotiation with society
⚫ Working towards cleaning and then keeping my
environment clean, preserving it.
Even in our
enthusiasm to create
awareness we should
still be careful

And not end up

creating another
pile of litter to
contend with
again.

Because Civic Sense

is also about
accountability.
Where Do We Begin?
In the larger society, we could begin in small very
practical ways.

In public places it goes against civic sense /

decorum to

⚫Spit on the roads/walls etc.

⚫ Throw your personal litter on roads and
pavements
⚫Cough/sneeze without covering your mouth and
nose with a handkerchief
Civic Rights, Duties
and Responsibilities
In a nutshell

⚫Civic sense indicates the level of commitment one has

to oneself and the society that nurtures the individual
⚫Emerges out of the conviction that society’s well being is
the individual’s well being
⚫There is no individual without the society
⚫No man is an island
⚫Observing civic responsibility will well preserve our
society and environment
⚫Will create socially, politically, culturally and
ecologically conscious and conscientious citizens
Activity 4
Civic warriors
⚫Particular class students on rotation basis
becoming warriors, standing near dining tables
in canteen with placards.
⚫Particular class students on rotation basis
becoming warriors, standing near college bus
boarding point.
Activity 5
Questionnaire
Q1. Does Bangalore lack in Civic Sense?

Strongly Agree
Agree
Neither Agree nor Disagree
Disagree
Strongly Disagree
Activity 5
Questionnaire
Q2. Why do we tend to throw garbage in open
rather than in dust-bins?

We are not civilized

There is a certain lack of civic sense in us
Our life is not disciplined
We don’t do this
Activity 5
Questionnaire
Q3. What government move can be taken to
inculcate civic responsibility to maintain public
hygiene?

They have to make rules and should stick to it

Hire more sweepers
Import some machinery to do these things fast
All of the above
Activity 5
Questionnaire
Q4. Why people spit/throw waste on roads or in
public places?

They don’t find dustbins?

No one is there to prohibit us.
Mental block among us.
Activity 5
Questionnaire
Q5. Are you conscious about having a license and
tax paid of your vehicle?

Yes
No
Doesn’t matter we can gave bribe and get free
Activity 5
Questionnaire
Q6. Why do you break signals?

Psychological problem
Due to lack of rules and regulations.
Due to emergency.
Activity 5
Questionnaire
Q7. Can you take out work in government office
without offering them bribe?

Strongly Agree
Agree
Disagree
Activity 5
Questionnaire
Q8. Why don’t buses stop at bus stops?

Because people don’t stand there

Bus drivers don’t want to stand in a queue of buses
Having race with other buses, they can’t see their
bus stops.
All of the above.
Activity 5
Questionnaire
Q9. Many of the people tamper their electricity
meters .What is the cause of this?

High rates
People can’t afford
For saving their money
All of the above.
Activity 5
Questionnaire
Q10. What is the cause of lack of civic sense?

Lack of Education
Lack of awareness among people
Both
THE BEST WAY TO
PREDICT

YOUR FUTURE
IS TO CREATE IT