Maharashtra Board Class 4 EVS Chapter 21 Management of Community Life PDF Download

Management Of Community Life

Shraddha, Ayesha and Emily's parents decided to take a trip in the summer vacation. They booked a special mini-bus for the trip. In the morning, everyone got ready. They waited for the bus for a long time, but it did not arrive. When they made enquiries on the phone, they realized that the driver of the bus did not know where exactly they were all waiting. Finally, the bus arrived, and they set off on their trip.

What caused the confusion in the trip?

What would you suggest to avoid this kind of confusion?

To do any kind of work smoothly, some management is required. What is management? The first step in management is to prepare an outline of how and when the work is to be done. If we are going to be working in a group, the outline must be clearer and more detailed. One has to decide what task each person will carry out. Each person must know clearly, how to carry it out. Proper co-ordination has to be maintained among the people involved. We also need to make sure that each person is doing his/her work properly. An estimate of the amount of money needed for the work needs to be made in advance. If all these things are done properly, the work gets completed smoothly. Even if one person makes a mistake or slacks off on the job, the work does not get completed properly.

Teacher's Note

Management means planning everything carefully before you start any work. For example, when your mother cooks food for a festival, she plans what dishes to make, buys all items first, and then cooks them in order.

Exam Trick

Remember: Management has five main steps - Plan, Decide who does what, Check they do it right, Give money for it, and Watch that everyone follows the plan. Like a teacher makes a timetable to manage the school day!

Points to Remember

Management means planning your work carefully.

A good plan must say what work each person will do.

Everyone must know how to do their work properly.

You must check that people are doing their work right.

If everyone does their job well, work finishes on time.

If you manage your studies properly, you learn better. How can you do this?

Fix a time for studying every day and follow it strictly.

Make a list of things to be studied every week. For example, reading Environmental Studies, Part One, Lesson 3 or solving sums with fractions.

Study the items in your plan.

Take enough time to study each subject.

Do not avoid studying difficult subjects. In fact, finish studying them first.

If you have free time, put it to good use by studying.

Fix a particular time for playing, watching TV and resting. However, remember to spend only that much time for those activities.

Teacher's Note

If you study at the same time every day, your brain gets ready to study. Just like your school has a timetable, you should also make a timetable for studying at home.

Exam Trick

Remember: Study hard subjects first when your mind is fresh. Study easy subjects later. Do not waste free time - use it for studying!

Points to Remember

Make a study plan and follow it every day.

Study difficult subjects when you are fresh and awake.

Give enough time to each subject.

Do not waste free time - use it for studying.

Fix special time only for play and TV watching.

What tasks are necessary for the management of your classroom?

How will you choose your representatives to carry out those tasks?

Has the classroom been cleaned properly? Is there chalk and a duster in the classroom? Is the board clean? Checking these things regularly, writing good thoughts on the board and maintaining discipline in the classroom is the responsibility of class representatives. Similarly, to make sure that the school is run smoothly, a 'School Management Committee' is formed.

The School Management Committee consists of parents, teachers, local experts and student representatives. The Committee tries to understand the difficulties of parents, students and teachers. It gives guidance so as to solve these difficulties. It prepares and recommends a school development plan. It keeps an eye on the regular attendance of students and teachers in the school. It helps in carrying out schemes such as the mid-day meal. In this way, teachers and parents work together through the School Management Committee to ensure the all round development of the students.

Teacher's Note

The School Management Committee is like the manager of a cricket team. It makes sure everything in school works well - clean rooms, good food, good teaching, and that all children come to school.

Exam Trick

Remember: SMC has parents, teachers, and student helpers. It watches attendance, helps with mid-day meal, and makes sure school runs smoothly. Think of it as a "school guardian"!

Points to Remember

School Management Committee helps run the school well.

It has parents, teachers, experts and student leaders.

It solves problems of students, teachers and parents.

It watches that students come to school every day.

It helps with food, cleanliness and school growth.

Obtain information about the School Management Committee in your school.

Why do accidents occur on the streets?

Why must we follow traffic rules?

Why does school always begin at a fixed time? Why is a timetable of all the subjects made? Why do vehicles only run on the left hand side of the road? You must have wondered about these things before. If there is no fixed time for school to start, what will happen? Students would come to school and go home whenever they wished. We would not know when to study. If there were no timetable, students would bring the textbooks and notebooks of all different subjects to school.

Rules guide us about how to behave in society. Because of rules, we can be sure that everyone will behave in a particular manner. For example, because we know that everyone will drive their car on the left hand side, we can also drive our car in the same way, safely. If we did not know whether the vehicle coming towards us would come from the left or right, we would also get confused.

Teacher's Note

Rules are like the laws of a game. Without rules in cricket or football, everyone would play differently and the game would become messy. School rules keep everything organized and safe.

Exam Trick

Remember: Rules make life safe and organized. Like traffic rules on the road - everyone drives on the left, so no crashes happen. No rules = chaos!

Points to Remember

Rules tell us how to behave in our community.

Rules keep everyone safe and organized.

If everyone follows the same rules, there is no confusion.

School timetable and fixed time help students study well.

Traffic rules stop accidents on the roads.

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