IMPORTANCE OF CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES IN EDUCATIONAL PROCESS

PRESENTED BY

DR. SHAZIA ZAMIR

CONTENTS

• Objectives

• Introduction

• Concept of Co-curricular Activities

• Types of Co-curricular Activities

• Need and Importance of Co-curricular

activities in educational process

CONTENTS

•Effect of co-curricular activities on personality

•Advantages and Disadvantages of Co-Curricular

Activities

•Contribution of co-curricular activities in

national development

After going through this topic, students would be

able to:

Define the concept of co-curricular activities

Discuss the different types of co-curricular activities

Explain the need and importance of co-curricular

activities

Enumerate the difficulties faced in organizing co-

curricular activities

Highlight the importance of CCA in national

development 

OBJECTIVES

INTRODUCTION

EDUCATION AND CURRICULUM

“The sum total of all activities planned directly to reinforce the curriculum in those spheres of learning where otherwise it is difficult to teach with in the classroom”

CONCEPT OF CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

CONCEPT OF CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

“These are the activities through which a learner explores ones abilities, develops the strengths and eradicates the shortcoming through informal guidance, observation and self assessment.”

TYPES OF CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

Co-curricular activities can be categorized into following headings

Literary Activities Physical Development Activities Aesthetic And cultural Development Activities Civic Development Activities Social Welfare Activities Leisure Time Activities Pleasure trip Activities

TYPES OF CO- CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

LITERARY

ACTIVITIES

PHYSICAL

DEVELOPMENT

ACTIVITIES

Debates and

Discussion

Quiz Competitions

Literary Club (Poetry

etc)

Games, Sports,

Athletics, Mass Drill,

Parade, Scouting,

Hiking, NCC,etc

AESTHETIC AND

CULTURAL

DEVELOPMENT

ACTIVITIES

CIVIC DEVELOPMENT

ACTIVITIES

Painting, Music, Sculpture, handicrafts, Fancy Dress, Dramatics, Folk Songs, Photography, etc

Students Union, Cooperative Store/Café, Celebrations of Religious and National days, etc

Types of Co-curricular Activities

SOCIAL WELFARE

ACTIVITIES

LEISURE TIME

ACTIVITIES

Working at Hospitals, Civil Defense activities, Fire Fighting. Social Services on Special occasions, Festivals, Cultural Programs…..

Stamp Collecting, Coin Collecting, Floral, Photography, Reading, Needle Work, Knitting….

Types of Co-curricular Activities

PLEASURE TRIP

ACTIVITIES

Picnics, Visits to historical places, Museums, exhibitions, meeting personalities…..

Types of Co-curricular Activities

NEED AND IMPORTANCE OF CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

Educational Value• History, Geography, Nature

and Observation

Collection of photographs, stones,

flowers, pleasure trips etc.• Cultural diversity

Tableau, national songs etc• Language and expression

Debates, discussion, symposium etc • Creativity• Participation in fine arts, floral, embroidery etc • Logic and Laws of Science

Science exhibitions, e.g innovate new means of producing energy to meet the energy shortfalls

NEED AND IMPORTANCE OF CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

Psychological Value

• Emotional Health

Sports develop spirit that Winning is not

every thing but to play well is every thing

• Interest/Individual differences

Social development

Physical Development

Sports and games help the student to

build a strong physique.

Recreation Values

• Hiking, trekking etc

ACTIVITY # 1

Q#1. Which of the following statements are true?

a) Co curricular activities are part and parcel of educational

process.

b) Co curricular activities are as old as organized education

itself.

c) These activities are not appropriate media to achieve aims of

education.

d) pleasure trip provides first hand experience.

e) Co-curricular activities provide opportunities for better

understanding of our cultural heritage.Q#2. Find out the type of co-curricular activity to which each of

the following belongs

Exhibition, Photography, Mass Parade, Fancy Dress, Performing

Dance, Recitation of Poems, Celebration of Social Festivals

Effect of co-curricular activities on personality

•Intellectual

Development

•Physical

Development

•Social Development

•Moral Development

•Emotional

Development

•Aesthetic

Development

Body and mind coordination

Physical stamina

National integrity and unity

ideological values and cultural

values

Creativity, innovation, novelty,

entertainment

Communication skills

Personality development

Ethics, morality and values

……………

ADVANTAGES OF CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

DISADVANTAGES OF CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

1) Difficulties faced by students

o Wastage of time

o Lack of concentration to study due to tiredness

o Students are too shy to participate in these activities.

o Students are not economically well off to bear the

extra expenses

o Sometimes students feel that these activities

interfere with their studies.

o These activities are not assessed in the examinations

o ……………………………………

2) Problems faced by the teachers

oTeachers over burdened

oTeacher has lack of knowledge

oTeachers are not competent to organize a

sufficient

number of activities.

o Most of the teacher consider these activities as

superfluous.

……………….

DISADVANTAGES OF CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

3) Limitations of the

institutions o In crowded cities, it is generally not possible to

have

spacious playgrounds.

o Activities are not given a place in school time-

table,

during school hours

o Extra Financial burden

o……………….

DISADVANTAGES OF CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

Contribution of Co-Curricular

Activities in National

Development

o Pakistan is recognized all over the world for its sports.

o Terrorism has tarnished the image of Pakistan

internationally.

oNeed to reorganize the educational institutions to conduct

the CCA

o Co-curricular activities form the correct forum where the

energies of the youth are directed towards the correct

direction of prosperity, unity and pride.

Hockey-world champions, Olympic champions Squash-World Champions Wrestling-World Champions Kabbadi-Asian Champions Cricket-World Champions Snooker-World champions Badminton-World Champions Boxing-Asian champions, World champion.  …………….

PAKISTAN AND SPORTS

ACTIVITY

1. What co-curricular activities would you like to

introduce in your class? How will you organize them

to enrich the daily class work?

2. Without financial help is it possible to conduct co-curricular activities in the educational institute? How?

THANK YOU