Commerce Club

INTRODUCTION

Commerce Club is a great way to spark a child’s interest in learning. It gives students a chance to question how or why things work and work toward solutions. A Commerce Club can give students a safe environment to learn and interact with others with similar interests. It can also provide a safe place for students to explore and discover, especially for those who may not have strong support at home. We do not need to be teachers or economists, managers to start a Commerce club; just bring our enthusiasm to inspire young minds. Our club can also prepare students for commerce fairs/ projects, tests, and material they will learn in the future. When we start a Commerce Club, we are helping the community by inspiring young people to learn and earn.

                 In Student Teachers former secondary school, it was compulsory for every student to join at least two clubs. For either lack of knowledge about the importance of clubs or out of naughtiness, some students protested against this rule and only participated as observers in their clubs. The same is still true today with some opting to concentrate on their books or go home instead of joining others in club activities. But are clubs of any value to a child’s life anyway?

Commerce Club can play a parent’s role in some cases. There are topics that most parents shy away from discussing with their children. However while with their peers in these clubs, students tend to be more open about issues of them and in the process learn one or two helpful things under the guidance of an adult teacher. The fact that the clubs do not discriminate against any one means it is possible to have students from Senior One up to junior all united under one umbrella which gives everyone an opportunity to learn from each other.

As the part of commerce clubs Students meet for training at least once a week. The training may varies according to the interest and needs of students. These sessions promote unity in the group and impart important values like discipline which remains part of their life even after school. Anyone who wants to become confident and a better communicator must join the debating programs. Those who participate in debates regularly usually have better communication skills than those who don’t. Through debating competitions, students can improve their communication skills and can also meet influential people.

Commerce Clubs also have the glue that holds friendships together for a long time. We can see our senior students may say: “I left school sometime back but I have been able to keep in touch with my old friends because we still keep track of our former clubs’ activities. For instance I am still a member of the Commerce Club at my former school.” Most benefits of being a member of a school club may not be realized immediately but later in life. Because club members usually have similar interests, they easily maintain friendship and venture into different things together. Many active students who have developed simple gadgets while still at school in their commerce clubs have gone on to make bigger innovations in life. After undergoing training at school, we would go for further preparation in the camps. In the camps we were taught a number of survival skills like setting up fire but today very few schools have such active establishments.

Some teachers and parents, however, argue that today’s clubs are no longer as active as the old days. Some says many years ago our club was very active and competitive. Some teachers say we can’t activate a club because we have only average students with poor background. Actually these are excuses.

We are the teachers- the one who are the creator of new generations. Teaching is the only profession that creates all others professions. Teachers must think positively by asking the following question in their mind while they are running a commerce clubs in their schools. The most important question was as follows:-

HOW CAN COMMERCE CLUB BECOME ACTIVE?

Ø  The Commerce clubs should begin visiting their counterparts in other schools so that they interact and share experiences.

Ø  Competition is needed among these clubs. Members should be able to train together, form teams and compete against each other. Teachers can also organize competitions and we will see how active members will be.

Ø  Parents should also take interest in the activities their children get involved in and always offer them the emotional and financial support that they might need to travel or buy costumes. That means we should participate parents involvements in clubs activities.

Ø  Since we all agree that clubs are important, both parents and school administrators should work together to ensure that clubs are active. Sometimes the commerce club needs professional people to educate members.

Ø  Clubs help students to develop their talent. Besides teaching concepts, teachers should get more involved in commerce club and its activities.

Why would we start a New Commerce Club?

·         Students Want to Pursue a Hobby they Enjoy

One of the best and most common reasons for starting or joining a commerce club is because it allows students to pursue an activity they enjoy. Clubs allow them to practice this hobby, learn more, and get better at it. If our school doesn’t offer a commerce club for the activity or interest the commerce students want, then starting a commerce club will allow the students to continue to enjoy their hobby.

·         Students Want to Raise Awareness about a Cause they Care About.

                        If there is a particular issue that the student feels strongly about, they can have an impact by creating a commerce club that focuses on that issue. By starting a commerce club, students can increase awareness of a particular problem, if it need finance then collect money or supplies to donate, and possibly spend time volunteering to help improve the issue.

·         Students Want to Meet People With Similar Interests

                       Joining a club can be a great way to meet other students with similar hobbies and interests. They get to enjoy their interest with other people and can learn more about it by working with them.

·         Students  Want to Gain Leadership and Carrier Experience

                        An excellent way to get leadership and career experience is by starting some new activities related to leaderships and job oriented careers. Students will learn how to create a new organization, recruit members, and get it running smoothly. Colleges love seeing examples of leadership, and being the member of a commerce club is a great way to show that the students know how to take charge and handle responsibility.

                                     The guide line available to the teacher student on the starting up of commerce clubs and its working in schools are classified according to the related topics as mentioned below:

 Objectives of Commerce Club.

1.      To expose students to meet the practical challenges in the current business scenario.

(Market, job opportunities, economy, development, business)

2.      To let the students interact with business experts of industry.

(Helps to develop business attitudes)

3.      To encourage students to become various schools event managers.

(Annual day, food festival, fresher’s day, fees collections)

4.      To build self-confidence and proactive approach.

(Personality development, speech, writing, arts, sports skills)

5.      To increase financial literacy among students.

(Management of time, money activities like bank formation etc. )

6.      To develop the knowledge of e-commerce for earning money through internet.

(New way of earning money, computer literacy etc.)

7.      To generate and discuss new business ideas and business plan.

(Set an event to present students business ideas, helps for business ideas and its application)

8.      To make students prospective entrepreneurs who is not a job seeker but a job creator.

(Self-employment)

Activities of the Club

1. Mange and plan school events such as Fresher’s day, Arts day, Sports day, PTA meeting, and other programs.
2.  School Magazine management and planning.
3.  3 months quarterly bulletin formation.
4.  Student’s banks.
5.  Competitions to improve communication skills.
6.   Power point presentations
7.  Developing Personality and attitude of students.
8.   Business Quiz
9. Collection and recording of fees and other financial management.
10.   Guest Lectures(business and economics experts,shares etc)
11.   Industrial Visit
12.   Debate and Case study.
13.   Group Discussion and interview models.
14.  Food festival management and new marketing techniques, sales.
15.   Flash mob(selling seeds, Books)
16.  Door to Door sell.
17.  Selling School students Products through store.

v It Enabled activities.

• 1.      Blog formation and graphic design.
• 2.      Add enabled e- commerce marketing.
• 3.      Second hand sales of books.
• 4.      YouTube monetized videos.
• 5.      Free lectures and study materials.
• 6.      Online free pdf notes and paid notes.
• 7.      Use of social media for business and economic activities.

Click Here to Download ByeLaw

Logo

Section 3. COLORS.

 The colours of this Commerce club shall be Green, Orange, Red and Blue

Green -The colour green is the colour of balance, harmony and growth

Green represents growing and blooming where one is planted.  It is representative of a good student life that produces good fruit. A green plant or tree is a healthy one, growing and producing leaves and flowers.

Orange: The colour of adventure and social communication. Orange brings spontaneity and a positive outlook on life. With its enthusiasm for life, the colour orange relates to adventure and risk-taking, inspiring physical confidence, competition and independence.

Red: The colour red is the colour of energy, passion and action. This colour is a warm and positive colour associated with our most physical needs and our will to survive. It exudes a strong and powerful masculine energy. Red is energizing. It excites the emotions and motivates us to take action.

Blue: The colour blue is the colour of trust and responsibility. This colour is one of trust, honesty and loyalty. It is sincere, reserved and quiet. The colour blue is idealistic, enhancing self-expression and our ability to communicate our needs and wants. It inspires higher ideals.

Section 4. SLOGAN.

 Its Slogan shall be:  Creativity and Conformity.

Creativity: means

From an economic standpoint, the environment today is very different. In a complex, volatile and globally interconnected world, new-age skill-sets are essential. Wired magazine estimated that 70 per cent of today’s occupations would become automated by the end of this century. What will be the role of humans in this new economy? Linear, routine thinking will have no advantage. It calls for flexibility, adaptation, new thinking, paradigm shifts, and innovation — and that is the language of creativity. Creativity is an essential 21st century skill.

So, how would an educational system built around creativity look like? Commerce club use the word creativity here in its broadest sense — the nurturing and igniting of a human being’s latent talent and abilities to the fullest potential. From a scientific perspective, creativity is an aptitude for new, original and imaginative thinking.

                Learning must be infused with music, art and poetry. Higher-order thinking, self-awareness, deep inquiry, aesthetics, intuition, discussions and debates etc.

Conformity: means

 Conformity is a type of social influence involving a change in belief or behavior in order to fit in with a group. Conformity is also known as majority influence (or group pressure). The term conformity is often used to indicate an agreement to the majority position, brought about either by a desire to ‘fit in’ or be liked (normative) or because of a desire to be correct (informational), or simply to conform to a social role (identification).