Some people believe that unpaid community services should be the compulsory part of high school programmes. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

Some of are the opinion that high school students should have free

community

services as a mandatory program in their curriculum. In my opinion,

community

services play a very important part in the development of the children as individuals as well as a team.

However

, education should be the top priority and any activity hindering it should not be practised upon them. I believe, children today should have compulsory

community

service

as a part of their education. The reason is, with the onset of mobile phones and social networking sites

such

as Facebook

in particular

, there has been a steady increase in virtual friends and at the same

time

, lesser and lesser children are participating actively in their own local

community

events.

This

result in children being disconnected from their own local

community

. By having mandatory

community

service

for students, we are enabling them to form a close bond with their own locality and at the same

time

, bring young energy into the streets.

However

, we must keep in mind, education should be the top most priority and it should not be affected by active participation in the

community

services. Students, say

for example

, should not be made to sacrifice their study

time

to participate in these activities and

furthermore

, a mentor should always be present during the

service

hours to keep a close watch on the activities being performed to ensure that the students are learning something of value and not idling away their

time

. In conclusion,

community

service

is a great way to involve students into the real world and teach them to make a contribution to their

community

. At the same

time

, it should be ensured that the studies are, in no way, affected by these activities.