Organization of Literary and Cultural Activities

How to organize these activities? What are the points to be kept in mind to make these Face Mode
activities meaningful and effective?
For organizing the following points need to be considered:
Students should feel the need for activities and should demand them.
Activities should be selected keeping in view students'interests. There are a number 1 of activities and there are also differences in students' interests and liking. An
activity should be selected in such a way that all students are able to participate i.e.
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there should be maximum involvement. More and more students should be
involved. Activities should be such that all students are able to participate.
A teacher should help students plan and organize co-curricular activities. Students
should do the ultimate planning and implementation.
Activities should be worked out for the success of the programme.
Activities having educational value should be selected. The selected activities
should support and enhance classroom learning.
Activities selected should be such that they provide opportunity to students to
learn and also to become self-reliant.
Activities should not be imposed on students. They have to be selected by students
themselves.
Students should meet and discuss such aspects as the venue, data and resources
? available.
Objectives of activities should be made clear.
Various sub-committees should be formed e.g.
1) Stage committee
2) Decoration committee
3) Seating arrangement
4) ' Reception committee
5) Invitation committee
6) Overall organization
Work has to be allotted to various committees depending upon abilities of persons.
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Activities should be supported by teachers, principal, parents, community members
and management.
The rules and regulations regarding activities should be mentioned well in advance
to the students.
The best participants are to be identified.
Activities should be planned year wise so that they find place in institution's
calendar, ahd that parents know their dates in advance.
Expenditure on activities should be borne by the institution only. Only in
unavoidable circumstances students may be charged.
Records of the activities should be kept.

In order to make co-curricular activities successful, what should be the contribution of
Micro-level the institution?
The institution should provide necessary facilities and infrastructure, and a dark room
to show T.V. or fiims. It should provide necessary equipment and allocate proper time
for various activities. It should also provide required stationery and provide financial
help. Apart from all these, it should reduce the workload of teachers in charge of cocurricular
activities.