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We’ve all got rights…

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Your opinion about these pictures…

Your duties/responsibilities as students…

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Unit 1 :
INDIVIDUAL
RESPONSIBILITIES AND
DUTIES & MORAL
OBLIGATIONS

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Chapters
What is meant by Duties and responsibilities.
Duties and What is meant
responsibilities by towards
of parents
their children Duties
Duties and responsibilities of sons and daughters
and responsibilities.
Moral Values

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Learning Objective :

Discuss the concepts of Duties and

Responsibilities

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Read the given text and discuss the points that

follow
1) Write three Examples about
the relationship between the
school and students.

2)What are the duties and

responsibilities that make you a
responsible and productive
citizen

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Examples of school duties and responsibilities

 Students have the right to receive education at school, and it is the
school’s duty to provide it to them.
 It is the school’s right to impose rules, and the students’ duty to apply
them.

Rights:
• To learn and to have Dignity
• Freedom from discrimination
• Freedom to express thoughts
• Access to quality materials
• To be safe

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Duty…
Duties Your duties as a student
The behaviour an individual shall commit :Committing to daily attendance during
to, and his actions according to his belief school hours.
in the necessity of its application for
society.

A duty is a commitment or expectation to :Providing a genuine explanation when absent.

perform some action in general or if certain
circumstances arise.

A duty may arise from a system of ethics or :Uphold general morals at school with teachers
morality, especially in an honour culture. and class mates as well.
Many duties are created by law

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Responsibility
Responsibilities
Fulfil a required action optimally and on time.

A condition of being responsible.

Made up of essential elements like honesty, compassion,
respect, courage etc.
It’s your responsibility to perform your duties as a student

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Differences
Duties
Duty is a moral commitment to something
or someone.
The person will be involved in activity
without any self-interest.
Doing something that is due.
Responsibilities
Responsibility is a condition of being
responsible.
Responsibility can be termed as an ability to
act at one’s own will, without any
supervision.
Being accountable to the decisions you have
made in life.
Eg. It is the responsibility of the parents to
give good education to their children.

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Voice your opinions… based

on duties & responsibilities Swedish student
environmental activist...
started spending her school
days outside the Swedish
• Greta Thunberg parliament to call for
stronger action on climate
change

The youngest Nobel

• Malala Yousafzai
Prize laureate.
A campaigner for
girls' education

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Let’s Discuss
 What is duty and responsibility?
 What are the differences between duties and
responsibilities? Can you think of some similarities?
 How does moral rules, law and traditions compel a
person to fulfil his duties and shoulder
responsibilities?

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Tasks…(choose any one)

 Write a short note on one duty and one
responsibility that you have as a student.
Design a poster on the duties and responsibilities of
you as a student.
 Read the below and write a report on the elements
of the safe environment in your school. Suggest some
improvements to create a safer environment.

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Multiple Choice Quiz

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Let’s be responsible…

Thanks!

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