Citizenship education has suddenly caught on across the world.

And yet schools are expected to address topical issues and help their students to think them through in their citizenship education.

The effort it takes to make that possible should be built into volunteer provision and school citizenship education.

It's not just that we do the job we do, it's the social responsibility, citizenship education, international contribution, extending the rule of law and so on.

The findings raise important questions about the purpose of citizenship education, which was introduced amid concerns about political apathy among young people and fears that society faced a 'moral crisis'.