32.Short Essay and Article on : "Tour"

TOUR

According to Francis Bacon, travelling is a part of education. An excursion is not just a pleasure trip. It is an extension of the classrooms. So, most schools organise excursions to famous places every year.

Educational tours are part and parcel of the life of students. Students need rest and entertainment after working hard for many days. Excursions can provide them with this much-needed leisure. They refresh their tired brains and add charms to their lives. Today, the government allows many concessions and grants for educational tours. The railways regularly allow about fifty per cent concession on tours to educational and historical centres and places of importance like dams, hill stations, sanctuaries and monuments.

When students leave their surroundings and stay out for a few days with their friends and teachers, they develop qualities like self-confidence, responsibility, punctuality, self-reliance, tolerance and above all general knowledge. The students get first-hand knowledge of people and place while participating in an excursion. They can eat different kinds of food. When they have to eat food which they don’t like, it is training for them to face the adversities in life later. A good part of the organising and conduct to tour is done by the students. Thus it will help to bring leadership qualities. An excursion also gives them practical lessons in service.

(i) They provide a direct source of knowledge and acquaint the student with first-hand information.

(ii) They provide an opportunity for the student for development of his aesthetic sense.

(iii) By such excursion, students become interested in the exploration of their environment.

(iv) They help to develop in students a love for nature and to acquaint them with the real happiness in the outside world.

(v) It helps in the development of the power of observations, exploration, judgment and drawing inferences, the problem-solving ability of students.

(vi) It helps in developing qualities of resourcefulness, self- confidence, initiative and leadership amongst students.

(vii) It helps in developing a cooperative attitude and various others

(viii) It helps in proper utilisation of leisure.

(ix) It motivates the students for self-study and self-activity.

(x) It helps in the development of the creative faculties of the students.