Financial and corporate literacy essential skills for students

Academics have always been considered the most crucial foundation for a child's success and future endeavors.

- ROUSHAN CHATTERJEE

Academics have always been considered the most crucial foundation for a child's success and future endeavors. However, the question still arises if it is the only contributing factor to the child's growth or if there is something more.

Various studies suggest that extracurricular activities are equally important for the holistic development of a child. Shraddha Oza, the ECA Coordinator of the Ashok Hall Group of Schools shares insights on why extracurricular activities are as significant as traditional academics.

"Academics will only let you know about the subject, but how to approach it, how to develop interpersonal skills, organizational skills, leadership, team management; all these come from extracurricular activities," Oza emphasized. She further gave an example of preparing for a presentation. "If there's no teamwork, no communication skills, how will one put up a presentation? This is where recreational activities come into play."

According to Oza, these skills are not only vital in school but in the professional world as well. Whether one enters the corporate sector or starts their own business, one needs to learn how to delegate work, manage people and think critically - skills that are not solely learned from textbooks.