Here are the reasons why we study government:
- It helps us know our fundamental human rights.
- It helps us to actively participate in politics.
- It enables an average citizen to have enough political awareness.
- It also enables us to know our duties/obligations.
- It helps us acquire leadership skills/qualities.
- It helps provides solutions to socio-political and economic problems.
- It helps us deals with comparative analysis of government of other states.
- It provides knowledge of the political history of the state.
- It deepens the understanding of international relations and a state’s commitment to international organizations.
- It helps in keeping abreast of national and global political occurrences and developments.
- It makes it possible for an improved relationship between the ruler and the ruled.
- It enables us to differentiate between a legitimate government and the one that is not.
- It opens the eyes of the people for the need to take part in political decision-making of a country.
- It promote the spirit of nationalism and patriotism.
- It helps to prevent mistakes of some past political leader from being repeated.
- It helps in knowing the types and different systems of government operating in the world.
- It helps provides opportunity for people to know how conflicts originate and are resolved.