School children Project work has now become a regular practice in school. It is a welcome trend except for that, the involvement of school or teachers is minimal. All these projects are completed mostly by the parents. Completing the projects within the limited hours of school is not possible for which these projects are carried home. It is up to the discretion of the parents or other elders at home as to how the project should be done.
In most cases there are no instructions from the teachers and the parents have to rely on the activity books or their own concepts. The children are mostly at a loss as to how a project should be handled and depend entirely on their parents. However there are certain limited projects which could be managed by the children themselves. The number of projects in a year varies from school to school.
An encouraging note about these projects is that they cover all fields of study. There are projects showing the growth of a butterfly from its egg state, or depicting the course of a river from the mountains to the sea, or representing the benefits of a man made dam. Each of these projects is interesting and requires considerable time to be completed. For the children it is an avenue of exhibiting their creative skills. It also provides variety to the mundane school homework and daily routine.
Project work is a new and encouraging trend being followed by many schools for their primary and middle school students.
