1. IMPORTANCE OF CO-CURRICULAR
ACTIVITIES IN EDUCATIONAL
PROCESS
PRESENTED BY
DR. SHAZIA ZAMIR

2. CONTENTS
• Objectives
• Introduction
• Concept of Co-curricular Activities
• Types of Co-curricular Activities
• Need and Importance of Co-curricular
activities in educational process

3. CONTENTS
•Effect
of co-curricular activities on personality
•Advantages
and Disadvantages of Co-Curricular
Activities
•Contribution
of co-curricular activities in
national development

4. OBJECTIVES
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After going through this topic, students would be able to:
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Define the concept of co-curricular activities
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Discuss the different types of co-curricular activities
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Explain the need and importance of co-curricular
activities
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Enumerate the difficulties faced in organizing cocurricular activities

Highlight the importance of CCA in national development

5. INTRODUCTION
EDUCATION AND CURRICULUM

6. CONCEPT OF CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
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“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”

7. 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.”

8. 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

9. TYPES OF CO- CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
LITERARY
ACTIVITIES
Debates and Discussion
Quiz Competitions
PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT
Literary Club (Poetry etc)
ACTIVITIES
Games, Sports, Athletics, M
ass
Drill, Parade, Scouting, Hiki
ng, NCC,etc

10. Types of Co-curricular Activities
AESTHETIC AND
CULTURAL
DEVELOPMENT
ACTIVITIES
CIVIC DEVELOPMENT
Painting, Music, Sculpture,
handicrafts, Fancy
Dress, Dramatics, Folk
Songs, Photography, etc
ACTIVITIES
Students Union,
Cooperative Store/Café,
Celebrations of Religious and
National days, etc

11. 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….

12. Types of Co-curricular Activities
PLEASURE TRIP
ACTIVITIES
Picnics, Visits to historical
places, Museums, exhibition
s, meeting personalities…..

13. 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
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14. NEED AND IMPORTANCE OF CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
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Psychological Value
Emotional Health
•
Sports develop spirit that Winning is not
every thing but to play well is every thing
•
Interest/Individual differences
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Social development
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Physical Development
Sports and games help the student to
build a strong physique.
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Recreation Values
•
Hiking, trekking etc

15. 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

16. Effect of co-curricular activities on personality
•Intellectual Development
•Physical Development
•Social Development
•Moral Development
•Emotional Development
•Aesthetic Development

17. ADVANTAGES OF CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

Body and mind coordination
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Physical stamina
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National integrity and unity

ideological values and cultural
values
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Creativity, innovation, novelty,
entertainment
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Communication skills

Personality development
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Ethics, morality and values
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……………

18. 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
……………………………………

19. DISADVANTAGES OF CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
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.
……………….

20. 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……………….

21. 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.

22. PAKISTAN AND SPORTS
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.
 …………….
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23. 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?

24. THANK YOU