In most boarding schools in Kenya, the students are allowed by the teachers to watch some movies every once in a while which are not meant for educational purposes. Most of these schools call this time entertainment time. The following is the importance of entertainment in schools in Kenya.
1) Reducing stress.
When the students have too much stress after studying very hard, they might do
very bad things which include burning the school, fighting with others, not
obeying the teachers, and even running away from school among others. However,
during the entertainment, the students get to have fun which reduces the
chances of them ever doing something bad out of aggressiveness.
2) They get educated.
Not all the movies that the students choose to watch during this time are
entirely fictional. Some of the movies they watch are based on science and
technology thus they educate the students on various scientific facts and
studies. Some of the movies are also based on history, for example, some of the
movies talk about some of the facts about slavery long ago. The movies that
educate these students allow them to understand better what they are being
taught by their teachers at school thus improving their grades.
3) Inspiring the students.
Not all the students actually have a person who is good enough for them to
consider a good role model. However, some of the movies watched during
entertainment have very talented and very good people who can be a very good
role model for the students. Some of the characters in the movies inspire the
students to do good things and to work harder at school in order to become as
great as these movie characters were in the movies that they watched.
4) Allow positive interaction between the students.
In most schools, the whole school comes together in one place to watches the same movie. The
students thus get to have a lot of fun together and in the process get to
interact with one another in a positive way. This ensures that the school runs
harmoniously without any fights or any other misunderstandings between the
students. This also makes group work and group studies at school to be more
effective since the students end up being more comfortable discussing various
topics in their school work.
Entertainment is so important to any school that no one can afford to miss it.
Being in school can be a great thing if the time for entertainment is respected
and made to be as fun as possible.