Dear Editor
Co-curricular Activities are defined as the activities that enable to supplement and complement the curricular or main syllabi activities. These are the very important part and parcel of educational institutions to develop the students’ personality as well as to strengthen the classroom learning.
Co-curricular activities facilitate in the development of various domains of mind and personality.
Co-curricular activities are the true and practical experiences received by students and youths group. 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. Intellectual aspects of personality are solely accomplished by Classroom, while aesthetic development, character building, spiritual growth, physical growth, moral values, creativity are supported by co-curricular activities. It helps to develop co-ordination, adjustment, speech fluency, extempore expressions, etc. among student both at the school as well as college levels. Co-curricular activities stimulate playing, acting, singing, recitation, speaking and narrating in youth groups. It provides the avenues of socialization, self-identification and self-assessment when the child comes in contact with organizers, fellow participants, teachers, and seniors’ people outside the school during cultural activity. Inculcate the values to respects other’s view and feeling. It provides motivation for learning and develops the values like physical, psychological, Ethical, academic, civic, social, aesthetic, cultural recreational and disciplinary values.
In Arunachal Pradesh thousands of unemployed youths are wandering here and there seek govt. jobs. And it is not possible for the government to provide job to everybody in one go. It has been observed that some of the educated unemployed youths either keep busy themselves in private job, politics or in student’s organization’s activities. And, when they find nothing to do in life some of our educated unemployed youths become victims of drug and alcohol. As a result they stray into some unlawful activities and become criminal.
However, apart from these guys, an innovative and creativity young groups who are organizing different co-curricular activities in a very attractive and different ways which are highly appreciable and commendable. Some of the programmes led by those brilliant youngsters are Arunachal Got talent, Arunachal Idol, Voice of Arunachal, Nyishi Idol, Rock Shows and various sports events etc., being organized by different organizations in their own ability and capacities. The primary objectives of all these competition are to bring out hidden and budding talented youngsters of our state and expose their talent in front of the general masses.
However, there are few drawbacks.
In our society, some of the parents don’t encourage their kids to participate in such co-curricular activities for which he or she is made for. So, they don’t give training to their kids in their field of interest. For them only studies is everything in life. Even if their kids become topper in any kind of competition, there is no contribution from their own society for his/her promotion and uplift. That could be the reason why our youngsters are not at par with the national level.
Moreover, our people hesitate to spare few thousands for local artistes but these same people will pay lacs of rupees to artistes from outside.
If these unemployed youths conduct co-curricular activities successfully and get some amount for his or her livelihood, our own people look at them as if they are involved in some criminal activity. If our unemployed youths make money for their livelihood through their innovative ventures, I don’t see anything wrong in it.
Our people blame a lot and need audit report about state level programme, but they never ask the same from programme like Indian Idol, Saare Gama Pa, India Got talent, which are earning billion of money.
Many people in our state watch programme like India’s Got Talent and vote for contestants but their views change when it is about programmes in the state. I don’t find any logic on the discriminated ideology.
To encourage talents of our young generation, many people of our state and Government of Arunachal have been giving due encouragement and recognizance to various event organizers for such co-curricular activities which is highly laudable and commendable.
Creativity, enthusiasm, energetic and positive thinking are some of the facets of personality development and the outcomes of extracurricular activities.
We must know what our child try to become rather than to decide what my child should become.
Yours,
Ashok Sonam Tajo
Vice President,
Film Federation of Arunachal (FFA) and
Nyishi Art & Culture Welfare Society