Recent education reforms in Madagascar particularly highlight the need to reinforce Citizenship Education (CE) and align its curriculum to current global education policies, namely, Global Citizenship Education (GCE). The objective of this study is to explore school practices and perceptions of CE in rural Madagascar from the grassroots level to contribute to the discussion on decolonising GCE. Twenty-six students were interviewed and classroom observation was conducted at four high schools in the Itasy Region. Results show that despite the effort to introduce GCE in secondary education, students' perceptions of citizenship are not about individuals enjoying or claiming rights and performing duties at the national or global level, but about members of the community cementing relationships and pulling together to (re)establish a harmonious 'living together'.