2. What are co-curricular activities?
โ There was a time when significance was only attached to academic related
activities or only teaching work. The activities organised in addition to academic
work were considered extra-curricular, but nowadays these activities are part of
curriculum.
โ Co-curricular activities are inseparable part of school activities in much as same
manner as curricular activities.
โ Proper running of these activities affect development of personality, skill
development, leadership qualities, democractic values etc.
3. Importance of Co-curriculum activity:
โ Co-curricular activities contribute in all-around development of students.
โ These activities are helpful in motivation.
โ These activities teach how to learn by doing.
โ They bridge the gap between theory and practice.
โ Spirit of sportsmanship develops among students.
โ Development of qualities like leadership, co-operation, coordination, equality etc.
โ Development and training of self-discipline is attained due to the organization of
self-administered activities.
โ These activities liberate creativity of students, boost their confidence and self-
esteem.
4. Types of co-curricular activities:
(i) Physical Development Activities:These activities include games, sports, athletics, yoga, swimming, gardening, mass drill, asana,
judo, driving, etc.
(ii) Academic Development Activities:These activities include formation of clubs in relation to different subjects. Such as science
club, history club, ecological club, economics club, geographical club, civic club etc. Besides this the other activities like preparation
of charts, models, projects, surveys, quiz competitions etc. come under this category.
(iii) Literary Activities:For developing literary ability of students the activities like publication of school magazine, wall magazine,
bulletin board, debates, news paper reading, essay and poem writing are undertaken.
(iv) Cultural Development Activities:The activities like drawing, painting, music, dancing, dramatics, folk song, fancy dress, variety
show, community activities, exhibition, celebration of festivals, visit to cultural places having importance in local, state, national and
international perspective come under this category.
(v) Social Development Activities:For bringing social development among students through developing social values resulting in
social service the following co-curricular activities are organised. Such as โ NSS, girl guiding, red cross, adult education, NCC, boys
scout, mass programme, social service camps, mass running, village surveys etc.
5. (vi) Moral Development Activities:The co-curricular activities like organisation of extra mural lectures, social service,
celebration of birth days of great-men of national and international repute, morning assembly should be organised. These
activities bring moral development among individuals.
(vii) Citizenship Training Activities: The activities like student council, student union, visits to civic institutions like the
parliament, state legislatures, municipalities, formation of student self government, co-operative stores are essential for
providing useful and valuable civic training.
(viii) Leisure Time Activities: These activities are otherwise known as hobbies of different students. These include activities like
coin-collecting, album making, photography, stamp collecting, gardening, candle making, binding, toy making, soap making,
play modeling etc.
(ix) Emotional and National Integration Development Activities:Under this category organisation of camps, educational tours,
speech programmes, celebration of national and international days are included.
