Role of co-curricular activities in bringing all-round development to the students of high school stage with specials reference to Guwahati, India: a study

Abstract

The core aim of Education is to feature All-round development of a child. All-round development essentially means Intellectual. Physically, Moral, Spiritual, Emotional, Social and Aesthetic development. To fulfill this care aim of education, there is a prime need of striking a balance between syllabus, curriculum and also co-curricular activities beyond that. The Co-curricular activities are these, which are under taken side by side with the curricular activities. To realize the All-round development of student, curriculum should be amalgamated with Co-curricular activities or Extra-curricular activities. These activities help in relaxation of aims and objectives of education and help to develop the values like Physical, Psychological, Ethical, Academic, Civic, Social, Aesthetic, Cultural, Recreational and Disciplinary values. Thus, the present study is conducted on the role of Co-curricular Activities in bringing all-round development to the students of High School Stage of Guwahati. The study is a useful one to achieve its objectives. After the collection of data from the sample High Schools, the data has analyzed and it has found that Co-curricular activities plays a vital role in bringing development to each and every aspect of a student. The study shows that various types of Co-curricular activities organized in the schools helps the students to develop their personality. These activities provide leadership training, creative ability, sense of belonging uses, decision making skill etc. among the students. Sense of unity, Co-operative and Co-ordination etc. are some of the qualities, which are developed among the students by practicing these type of activities. These activities make the students motivated towards the academic learning and thus make teaching learning process and effective one. Thus, for the all-round personality development of a student, these Co-curricular activities are very important to be organized in the schools. These are the true and practical experiences received by students. To a greater extent, the theoretical knowledge gets strengthened when a relevant Co-curricular activity is organized related to the content taught in the classroom.