Extra Curriculum Activities

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CHAPTER 1 Title: Students perceptions towards extra curricular activities: Introduction At the beginning of the twenty first century many universities had a broad educational mission to develop the “whole” student,extra curricular involvement is a key tool in this personal development .Extra curricular activities play an integral part in the university experience ,students become involved not only for entertainment ,social and enjoyment purposes but also to gain and improve skills l experience. According to Astin (1993) setting to interact with others leads to increased learning and enhanced development ,by identifying with a group may positively affect a students affective and cognitive development as well as his or her behavior. Students gain emotional, intellectual l, social and inter-personal development. Also since extra curricular activities entail practical application students mature socially and helps to link academic knowledge with practical experience ,which ultimately contributes to students being more viable in the job market and increase their managerial potential. Background Recent national and international research demonstrates that some employers have identified a number of key skills which they look for when recruiting graduates .Heskeths (1999) study conducted in Cardiff confirms that there is clear evidence to suggest that there is a mismatch between the skills the employers say they want and their actual ability to recruiting graduates with such skills .This “deficit” in graduate skills has also been acknowledged by the UK government, which led the National Committee of inquiry into higher education to report that in 1997 that all institutions should over medium term identify opportunities to increase the extent to which programs help students become familiar with work and help them reflect on such experiences (NCHIE) 1997.For over
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