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Commercialization

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Term: 1st Term

Week: 7

Class: Senior Secondary School 2

Age: 16 years

Duration: 40 minutes of 2 periods each

Date:       

Subject:      Government

Topic:-       Commercialization

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

  1. Define commercialization
  2. Give reasons for commercialization
  3. State the advantages and disadvantages of commercialization

 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 public corporation

Students pay attention

STEP 2

EXPLANATION

He defines commercialization and gives reasons for it 

Students pay attention and participates

STEP 3

DEMONSTRATION

He states the advantages and disadvantages of commercialization

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

COMMERCIALIZATION

Commercialization is a policy geared towards making state owned enterprises to become more efficient and profit- oriented. The policy makes it possible for public enterprises to become more viable and effective.

 

REASONS FOR COMMERCIALISATION

  1. Efficient management: commercialization help to develop a good and efficient management of enterprises
  2. Participation of private individuals: they also assist individual to participate in economic activities through ownership of enterprises
  3. To generate more revenue: they assist government to generate more revenue
  4. Autonomy of enterprises : It helps to provide autonomy for the enterprises
  5. Removal of unproductive enterprises: they also assist to remove or divest unproductive enterprises in the economy

 

ADVANTAGES OF COMMERCIALISATION

1: Reduction in public expenditure commercialization help in reducing public expenditure on enterprises that are not viable

2: It promote efficiency: commercialization do help promote efficiency in production

3: Generation of more revenue: commercialization help to boost more revenue for the Government

4: Emergence of innovations: the existence of competition in the industries assists in the emergence of innovations.

DISADVANTAGES OF COMMERCIALISATION

  1. Poor standard of living: commercialization can lead to standard of living of the people

due to a shift in interest from pure services delivery to profit maximization

  1. High cost of products: these policies are aimed at profits maximization hence they are usually associated with high cost of products or goods
  2. Reduction in employment: many workers are usually laid off when industries are commercialized
  3. Loss of consumer’s welfare scheme: under commercialization consumer’s welfare are not catered for

 

EVALUATION:    1. Define commercialization

  1. Give reasons for commercialization
  2. State the advantages and disadvantages of commercialization

CLASSWORK: As in evaluation

CONCLUSION: The teacher commends the students positively