2. IMPORTANCE OF SCHOOL AND COLLEGE
MAGAZINES
• Magazines published from schools and colleges have great
importance in education.
• These magazines are a great way to encourage creativity in students.
• The main advantage is that opinions about articles can be heard from
the audience as most of them will be inside the campus itself.
• The more intense and more in depth the language and content the
more interested will be the audience to know about the author of the
article.
• Most of the budding talents showcase their work through these
magazines.
3. • The articles published in the magazines also allows teachers motivate
young readers.
• Teachers can help students improve their language by giving proper
suggestions and encouragement.
• As there are different kind of literature being published on school
magazines students can choose categories babes on their interest for
publishing in them.
• Most school and college magazines are published annually and there
will be much time available for students to prepare the content for
the articles.
4. • It also helps the students to do research on topics before making the
copy to be published in the magazine.
• More time can be spent for rewriting the content again and again for
making it more attractive to the audience.
5. PURPOSES OF MAGAZINES IN EDUCATION
• Proper use of leisure time : Students have some leisure time in their
life. They can read the magazine in the leisure time.
• Provide entertainment : Good magazines contain stories, jokes and
cartoons. These are source of entertainment for the children.
• Acquaint with heritage: Magazines provide knowledge about the
culture heritage. Stories of national heroes , description of historical
places in buildings etc. presents the picture of our heritage.
• Provides knowledge of outside world: Now learning cannot be
confined to classroom. Children may learn from good educational
magazines. They provide historical , political and cultural knowledge
of the world.
6. • Develop reading skill: Students can develop their reading skill through
reading educational magazines.
• Supplement text book material: Good educational magazines provide rich
material concerning the curriculum. Teacher can supplement his teaching
with this material.
• Encourage creative writing: Teacher may encourage students to write for
the educational magazines on the current topics.
• Develop moral and spiritual values in students.
• Develop National and International understanding: Educational magazine
can develop national and international understanding among student.