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Term: 1st Term

Week: 4

Class: Senior Secondary School 2

Age: 16 years

Duration: 40 minutes of 2 periods each

Date:       

Subject:      Government

Topic:-       Public Corporations

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES: At the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to

  1. Define public corporations
  2. Give reasons for the establishment of public corporations
  3. State the functions of the public corporations

 INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNIQUES: Identification, explanation, questions and answers, demonstration, videos from source

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS: Videos, loud speaker, textbook, pictures

INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES

PERIOD 1-2

PRESENTATION

TEACHER’S ACTIVITY

STUDENT’S ACTIVITY

STEP 1

INTRODUCTION

The teacher reviews the previous lesson on civil service commission

Students pay attention

STEP 2

EXPLANATION

He defines public corporations and gives reasons for its establishment 

Students pay attention and participates

STEP 3

DEMONSTRATION

He lists the functions of the public corporations

Students pay attention and participate

STEP 4

NOTE TAKING

The teacher writes a summarized note on the board

The students copy the note in their books

 

NOTE

PUBLIC CORPORATIONS

 

PUBLIC CORPORATION

A public corporation may be defined as a business organization, established, owned managed, and financed with tax payers money by the government of a country with the aim of making profit but it render essential service to the members of the public.

 

A public corporation is defined as government establishment or enterprise set up by an act of parliament to provide essential service such as electricity postal service, pipe borne water e.t.c.

Examples of public corporation include NATIONAL ELECTRIC POWER AUTHORITY (NEPA), NIGERIA POSTS AUTHORITY, NIGERIAN NATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION (NNPC) e.t.c.

 

Functions of public corporation

  1. It is owned by the government end financed with tax payers’ money.
  1. They are mainly set up to provide essential service for the people.
  1. They have legal standing in order words they can sue and can be sued.
  1. They appointment are political.
  1. They public corporation attracts both local and foreign investors and there by fasten the economic development of the people.
  2. To raise the standard of living of the people. 
  1. It creates avenue for employment.

 

Reasons for setting up public corporation.

  1. Public corporations are set up mainly to provide essential service for the people.
  1. Public of employment.
  1. Government also establish public corporation for the purpose of generating Revenue.
  2. It enables the government to carry out some duties that require quick actions.
  1. To increase the standard of living.
  1. To increase efficient and adequate provision of these facilities.
  1. Public corporation helps to generate revenue for the government.

 

EVALUATION:    1. Define public corporations

  1. Give reasons for the establishment of public corporations
  2. State the functions of public corporations

CLASSWORK: As in evaluation

CONCLUSION: The teacher commends the students positively