Extra Curricular Activities by the Education Students

University education is not only meant for devotion to regulated study and handing in coursework and examination answers. Our life is combined with participation in extra curricular activities.

The University students’ body has got many associations and societies to which all students should endeavor to belong.
The University has arranged also games and sports in which students should try to engage.

All these arrangements are intended for a wholesome development of University students socially and physically and through which they interact with other students who do not necessarily belong to their Faculties, Institutes and Schools.

Therefore an education student must belong to one or to several of the above arrangements. This is more desirable because education students are aiming at working in schools and in other educational institutions as teachers and administrators. While there, they are expected to encourage their pupils and students to participate in extra curricular activities for their normal, physical and social development.

The absence of enthusiasm for engaging in extra curricular activities at the University may mirror the lack of encouragement of these activities in secondary schools by the teachers, the majority of whom are educated through the School of Education.

Therefore education students cultivate love for extra curricular activities with the view of carrying this love into schools and pass it on to those students who will be committed to their care.

One of the societies to which Education students must belong is called the Makerere Education Students Association (MESA) which provides a forum through which students interact with each other.