ACITIVITY CENTER FOR CHILDREN After School Learning

Abstract

School being the dominant space for children in this urban context often lacks the quality of education they provide to the children, mainly the informal education which would develop child skills and mentality. We often see in rise of such school where there is no ample open space or playable space and extra-curricular activities which would develop a child mentally and physically. Rise of such school is for number of reasons mainly because of the capitalist approach by the school owners, either they convert their rental small homes to be school, or even if they get some space to spare they build a classroom to get more admissions eventually getting more revenue. Though children are receiving the quantitative aspect of learning i.e. the basic curriculum and parents are somehow okay with that conventional method of schooling as they are functional efficiently but they ignore the qualitative aspect of education which is responsible for bringing the creativity and effectiveness among the children. This traditional model of schooling takes away the freedom and liberty of a child making them restrictive. Such daily activities in these types of schools make children bore and dull minded with zero creative skills being developed in them. Therefore, a third space in needed where primarily concerned with children's physical, social, and perceptual development. Physical growth can be accomplished by offering varied spaces for sports and games, whereas social growth necessitates the inclusion of interactive areas in the structure. The physical and social aspects are addressed by designating areas for them, while the perceptual aspect is clarified through architecture and the overall structure