In some countries, children have short school day of 5 hours. In other countries, the school duration is often longer. Does it have more benefits than drawbacks?

There is a growing debate across the society over the number of hours; children should spend at

school

, as in many countries these are of less as compared to some others, where it is actually more than former.

Time

spent at

school

learning, plays a vital role in the development of the child’s future. I would argue for the advantages of spending less hours at

school

. The

first

and foremost benefit of it is the more leisure

time

at home with family or friends. Adolescents can spend

this

time

playing indoor and outdoor games with their peers or family members, which will help them in developing their social and interpersonal skills.

For instance

, a report published by the Times, states that, children who spend more

time

in a day while playing tend to imbibe more social skills than their peers, who spends more

time

in academic

study

, and less active in sports.

Moreover

, it helps in building healthy relationships with parents, when they spend more

time

with them, which

Otherwise

is hard to achieve seeing the current burdened education scenario.

Furthermore

, every learner’s brain has a focused concentration limit, required to grasp the concept being taught at

school

, which tends to lack, if it gets exhausted. Taken into consideration of

this

fact, 5 hours of

study

at

school

are more than sufficient duration for many students. To illustrate, a

study

has

also

cemented

this

fact by stating that the more hours lead to lack of concentration for the majority of students. To sum up, I conclude that reasonable hours of

study

at

school

help students in building their social and intellectual skills, and keeping them intact to the more focused learning than just spending

time

, out of which half are eventually unproductive.