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?

These days, some individuals think that voluntary

service

should be made mandatory for all secondary school pupils

however

, others feel it should be optional. I completely disagree with making unpaid

service

mandatory for all

students

. On one hand, making unpaid community

service

compulsory for

students

doesn't avail them the opportunity of having a personal interest in the

job

because they feel they are been forced and

this

hinders them from acquiring the necessary skills that are meant to be gained

while

performing the

job

which is one of the curial reasons for the school adding it to their curriculum.

Secondly

,

students

deployed to various duty posts to perform voluntary services under compulsion are usually ill-mannered at their place of

work

. They are often seen reporting late to

work

, or not coming to

work

without prior notice or the recipients of their services filing complaints of their dissatisfaction because of their lack of the zeal

that is

required in performing their roles effectively.

On the other hand

, pupils who are given the liberty to decide whether they want to participate in voluntary services or not, usually perform better because they put their mind to the

service

being rendered and ensure they get a good appraisal from their supervisor after their stay.

Also

,

students

who choose to participate in unpaid jobs willfully tend to select a

job

that aligns with the course they want to study at the university and

this

provides them with the opportunity to learn on the

job

.

For example

,

students

volunteer to

work

in the hospital because they want to be a medical professional in future, or to

work

in a pet store because they want to study veterinary medicine. In conclusion,

students

partaking in unpaid jobs is highly beneficial to their cognitive, psychomotor and affective domains of learning

however

, they should be given the free will to decide whether to participate or not.