Summer vacation is exclusively for children's multi-faceted development and, therefore, there should not be any academic exercises during this period.


• How far do you agree or disagree with this view?
Of late some parents force their children to do academic activities during summer vacation. This, in my opinion, is really unfair. There are many arguments to prove that summer vacation is not for academics but for students’ holistic development.

Firstly, students who go through ten-month-long academics eagerly wait for their vacation to come by. They have great expectations and there are great many things to be done during this carefree life. Secondly, academics alone cannot make a student successful. All students have personal interests. Summer vacation gives them a chance to pursue such interests. Thirdly, socializing, taking part in physically and intellectually involving sports and games, visiting homes of friends’ and relatives and the like are possible during vacation.

Above all, vacation gives them opportunities to learn life skills like swimming, climbing trees, trekking and the list goes endless. When children have all these things in their agenda during vacation, is it fair to impose any academics, let it be of some future implication too, on them? It is unfair in many more counts. So it is better let them from doing any academic activities.

However, if students themselves are prepared enough to pursue some academic activities so that they could be much confident when then get graduated to a higher level, it is welcome and worth encouraging too. But there should not be any coercion of any kind. Concentration should be more on their many sided development than mere academics.

The above arguments are enough to support the view expressed. But there is room for academics only if children desire so. Here also I think it is better if parents encourage their children to engage themselves in non-academic pursuits.

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