Essay - Students and Social Services

Essay - Students and Social Services

Students are the future leaders and makers of a nation. They are the devotees in the temple of learning. So, the most important duty of students is to study seriously with devotion. It does not mean that they are isolated from society. They are also social beings like other classes of people. They enjoy the same social benefits, rights and privileges. So, as members of society, they have certain duties to the society in which they live in. There are many kinds of social services and students have a lot to do in these sectors.  

Living in a developing country like ours, students must render some social services for the development and welfare of the nation. So during the long vacation and leisure time, students can open night schools and teach the illiterate working children and adult people. They can also teach the farmers about the modern methods of cultivation, the use of fertilizers and proper caring of crops. They can also suggest them to dig a pond for fish cultivation or to make a farm.

Bangladesh is an over populated country. The illiterate people of our country are superstitious and do not feel the necessity of family planning. Even they are unwilling to adopt family planning. In this regard, students can come forward to raise awareness about population problem. They can teach people the problems of over population and encourage them to adopt family planning. 

Students can render immense service in the field of health. The village people and the people living in the slums have no knowledge about health, nutrition and sanitation. The students can teach them about the basic rules of health, nutrition and sanitation. Female students can also teach the uneducated women how to keep their houses neat and clean how to bring up children and look after their health.

Students can prove to be worthy during natural disasters. In times of flood, famine and cyclone, earthquake and epidemic, they can come forward to help the affected people. They can collect money from the rich, rescue the affected, feed the hungry, nurse the sick and cloth the unclothed. During epidemics, medical students can serve the sick with food, clothes and medicine. 

To save the country, every student should come forward with a helping hand. They should remember that they are the makers of society and the soldiers of social peace. They should serve the society selflessly during their leisure time or during long vacations.