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Volume : III, Issue : IV, May - 2013 PERCEPTIONS OF STUDENTS & TEACHERS OF GOVERNMENT & PRIVATE SECONDARY SCHOOLS ON CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES SHAGUN SIKKA AND ANIL KUMAR AGNIHOTRI DOI : 10.9780/22307850, Published By : Laxmi Book Publication Abstract : With expansion of education segment in our country and increasing global
competition increasing relentlessly, the need for improving the education. Co- curricular
activities are very important and essential part of an education system. It is the cocurricular
aspect of the education that prepares and moulds the students to be holistic.
The importance of co-curricular activities has been realized since a long time and again
communicated through various education commissions and national policy on
education. There is no doubt about the fact that activities are as important as curricular
activities and are essentials for the all around development of the child's personality but
despite of the timely realization of their importance and their advocacy on papers, the
ground realities are different. The function of co-curricular activities in the education
and the development of the child are yet to be realized in the true sense. As teachers and
students are the most prominent pillars of the educational system, the study aims to
compare the perception of teachers and student towards co-curricular activities in
government and private schools. This is a study carried out to analyze the perception of
teachers and students towards co-curricular activities in education. The study sought to
establish educator's views on the perception of learners & teachers towards cocurricular
activities. Data were solicited from educators in both private and public
schools in 4 districts of Himachal Pradesh. Educator was also view that the values
imparted through participated in co curricular were important in learner's academic
performances. The study was conducted through descriptive survey method of research.
Result clearly indicates that Majority of students and teachers in both type of school
agree that co-curricular activity develop positive attitude and confidence in the student.
Without co-curricular the school is lifeless teachers are machines pupils are text books
worm and education is one sided Keywords : Article : Cite This Article : SHAGUN SIKKA AND ANIL KUMAR AGNIHOTRI, (2013). PERCEPTIONS OF STUDENTS & TEACHERS OF GOVERNMENT & PRIVATE SECONDARY SCHOOLS ON CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES. Indian Streams Research Journal, Vol. III, Issue. IV, DOI : 10.9780/22307850, http://oldisrj.lbp.world/UploadedData/2631.pdf References : - Aggarwal, J.C. (2000). School Organization, Administration and Management, New Delhi: Doaba House.
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