Some people believe that unpaid community service should be a compulsory part of high school programmes (for example working for a charity, improving the neighbourhood or teaching sports to younger children). To what extent do you agree or disagree?

Nowadays, the introduction of free social activities in the high

school

curriculum is being popular among some individuals. I strongly believe that

this

type of

work

should be an integral part of

school

programmes. There are some benefits to introducing unpaid

work

in high

school

period

.

First

, it is very beneficial for the whole of society.

In other words

, local authorities and non-profit organizations would be needed for volunteers or free workforces in order to allocate their budgets for carrying out plans,

thus

when pupils help them, they can dedicate more money to other activities.

Furthermore

, doing volunteer activities leads to developing children’s personal skills in the early years of their lives, which have a crucial role in their future life.

For instance

, when students engage in social

work

, not only they will expose to people with various backgrounds and age groups, but

also

they can develop their communication abilities.

However

, despite the aforementioned merits, there are some people who do not agree with

this

idea. They think that the high

school

period

has significant effects on students' lives, so, people who are

school

planners should be focused on enhancing pupils’ performance during the

school

period

.

For example

, students have to prepare for entrance tests in college during the education

period

, and they don’t have extra time for doing social

work

. But, all these limitations can be managed by changing educational policies. To sum up, in my opinion, free community service should be a mandatory part of the curriculum of education. It has benefits for the whole society and develops interpersonal skills in children.