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SECTION 9: ROLE OF GOVERNMENT IN AN ECONOMY (cont’d)

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES CONTENT
Students should be able to:
5. describe the forms of assistance Forms of government assistance includes:

offered by government to (a) lending capital and technical
businesses; and, assistance;

6. discuss the social services provided (b) training and human resource
by government. development;

(c) research and information centres;
and,

(d) subsidies and grants.

Social services provided by government:
(a) healthcare;
(b) national insurance;
(c) education; and,
(d) roads and transportation.

Suggested Teaching and Learning Activities

To facilitate students’ attainment of the objectives of this Section, teachers/facilitators are encouraged
to engage students in the teaching and learning activities below.

1. Use role play where students dramatise the role played by governments. They should describe
how citizens benefit or may get help.

2. Students could be asked to investigate the negative behaviour of firms and their impact and
how these can be solved through positive actions. (For example, waste disposal).

3. Teacher can invite students to list the various activities of governments. Then they should be
invited to indicate how government obtains funds to pay for these expenses. Additionally,
students can be asked to illustrate the other reasons why government charges taxes.

To reinforce this topic so students learn the many different reasons for taxations, teacher could
give them an assignment to present a chart on this.

4. Research on forms of government assistance including institutions for lending capital and
technical assistance; training and human resource development; research and information
centres; subsidies and grants.

5. Research on social services provided by government, such as healthcare, National Insurance
Scheme, education, roads and transportation.

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