EDUCATIONAL trips by students to the historical places have shown positive results towards learning.

In the past, the renowned educational institutions had this travelling activity as a compulsory part of their extra-curricular engagements. The trips were planned and executed carefully with full cooperation and consultation of parents and their wards.

The educational trips provide respite both to the students and teachers from their routine hectic life of classrooms. Throughout academic year, the students remain occupied in reading, writing and doing assignment works.

The students on these educational trips observe and explore the real objects, sites and environment of the wonderful places read in the books and told by their teachers. Our country is blessed with a number of historical, interesting and attractive places in each province.

The teaching in our schools and colleges is confined to the classrooms. This does not allow students to expand their thinking. A visit to these places can boost the understanding and approach of the students. The educational institutions in the rural areas have famous castles, forts and ruins speaking of the past grandeur and glory.

The management is required to devise feasibility and convenience for arranging the visits for students to such places within the affordable expenditures.

Upbringing of the country’s youth is the collective responsibility of the stakeholders. The tourism department can chalk out tour programmes for the students during the summer, winter and other holidays.

Northern areas have abundant scenic beauty and glamour. The mountains and the peaks have history associated with the area. Similarly, other provinces, Punjab, Sindh, Balochistan, and Gilgit-Baltistan, have worth seeing places replete with historical events.

In collaboration with stakeholders such as tourism department, efforts can be made to hold games, sports and recreational activities at these places so that the local inhabitants may also enjoy the events.

M. Saleem Ansari

Karachi

Published in Dawn, July 22nd, 2019