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Service industries

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Term: 1st Term

Week: 6

Class: Senior Secondary School 3

Age: 17 years

Duration: 40 minutes of 2 periods each

Date:       

Subject:      Economics

Topic:-       Service industries

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

  1. Define services industries
  2. State and explain the types of service industries
  3. Discuss the roles of the service industries

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 manufacturing and construction industries

Students pay attention

STEP 2

EXPLANATION

She defines service industry. She states the roles of the service industry

 

Students pay attention and participates

STEP 3

DEMONSTRATION

She states and explains the types of service industries

 

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

SERVICE INDUSTRIES

The service industries involve the provision of services to business as well

as to final consumers. It can also be called tertiary sector of industry.

Services involved doing something for the consumers, which could be

personal or indirect services. Service industries are:  tourism, transport,

banking, insurance, warehousing, and advertisement.

 

Types of Service Occupations

Service industry can be divided into direct and indirect service.

  1. Direct Service

This includes personal services rendered for direct consumption and are

paid for directly by those who enjoy the service. Those who engage in this

form of services are: housemaids, stewards, entertainers, barbers, family

doctors, lawyers in private practice, etc.

  1. Indirect Service

Indirect service includes services rendered to the general public but they

are not paid for by the members of the public directly. The government will

pay from taxes and levies paid by the public. Therefore, those involved

render indirect services and are paid indirectly by the public, e.g. doctors

working in public hospitals, police force, soldiers, customs officers, civil

servants, law makers, etc.

 

ROLES OR CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE SERVICE INDUSTRY TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

  1. Service industry provides employment opportunity through its activities in trading, banking, transportation, communication, etc.
  2. Service industry generates revenue for government and people who are engaged in the industry.
  3. Service industry aids trade through its communication, transportation, banking, etc
  4. It diffuses new ideas and technology is transferred from one country to another.
  5. It stimulates growth of other sectors like manufacturing and construction industry.
  6. The service industry helps to diversify economy through its branches like tourism.
  7. Through service industry, different regions in the country are brought in constant touch with one another
  8. The service industry through its activities in the economy stimulates the development of infrastructures like roads, telephone, electricity, and pipe borne water.

EVALUATION:   

  1. Define service industry
  2. State three roles of service industry in the economic development of Nigeria
  3. State and explain the types of service industry

CLASSWORK: As in evaluation

CONCLUSION: The teacher commends the students positively