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Abstract

Democratic values are standards of individual to live democratically in societies and are personal to every human being. Individuals committed towards democratic values recognize their rights by accepting civic responsibilities. Commitments towards democratic values ensure the stability of democracy and build a strong existence of democratic state. Present study was planned to determine elementary schools’ students’ commitment towards democratic values in Lahore District of Punjab Province. Research was descriptive in nature leads to quantitative paradigm through conducting survey. Sample of the study consisted of randomly selected 800 enrolled students in 6th, 7th and 8th classes of public sector elementary schools; 350 male and 450 female students. Researchers adopted Democratic Values Scale, DVS based on 5-point Likert type responses and categorized in six sub-scales having 24 statements. Researchers calculated Cronbach’s Alpha statistics; .890 to ensure overall reliability of the instrument. Findings of descriptive and inferential statistics showed significant difference among students’ gender, locality and their age groups; male students from urban localities were more committed towards democratic values while female students from rural areas were less democratic. Findings further stated that significant difference was present between sixth, seventh and eight grades’ students’ commitment towards democratic values. It is recommended that curriculum experts need to inculcate deficit democratic values in Elementary schools’ curriculum focusing appropriate democratic practices that will develop students’ democratic attitudes.