Std 5 EVS 1 · Chapter 8

8. Public Facilities and My School

Complete solutions to the Exercise. Maharashtra State Board (Balbharati), Standard 5 EVS 1.

Exercises

1Fill in the blanks.

(a) We must use facilities responsibly.

(b) The school is our world outside our house.

2Answer in one sentence.

(a) Which are the important public services?

Water supply, electricity supply, health services, education and transport are some of the important public services.

(b) What right does each child have?

Every child has the right to education — the right to go to school and learn.

3Answer in short.

(a) Which public services do we use?

We use a large number of public services in our daily life:

Basic supplyWater supply and electricity supply.

Health and learningHealth services and education.

TransportBuses and railways.

CommunicationThe postal service and the telephone.

SafetyThe fire brigade and the police.

Other facilitiesBanks, theatres, parks, gardens and swimming pools.

These services are meant for everyone, so we must use them responsibly.

(b) Why should schools have a Parent Teacher Association and a Mata Palak Sangh?

These bodies bring about a dialogue between parents and teachers. Through them parents come to know what is happening in the school and can help in its various activities, while teachers come to know what parents expect. The school treats all parents alike, and this interaction between teachers and parents is to the benefit of us students, because we learn with the help of both.

4Write what will happen —

(a) If boys and girls are not given an equal right to education.

One group of children — usually the girls — would be left without schooling. They would get no opportunity to develop, would have no means of earning a livelihood and would have to face poverty. Society would be divided and unequal, and the whole country would lose the ability and talent of half its children.

(b) If the community does not help the school.

Many people and institutions help a school to grow — parents, past students, writers, artists, sportspersons, scientists and industrialists. Without their help, the school would not get assistance in building classrooms, libraries and laboratories or in obtaining sports equipment. Its growth would slow down and students would be left without many of the facilities they need.

Public services are meant for everyone. If they are misused or damaged, they will wear out quickly or stop working, and the people who need them will be left without them. Repairing and replacing them costs a great deal, and the loss is borne by the whole of society.

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