Page 54 - Social Studies 4

PuBlic orGaniZationS
Lesson 4 Unit 3
and imPortance

Objectives:

On completion of this lesson, students will be able to:
• Name the local public organizations and their functions.
• Advocate the importance of such public organizations.

We need different facilities and services in our daily life. Our life becomes
difficult without the services such as electricity, drinking water, health
post, hospitals, etc. These types of services should be provided to all
people. So, a single person cannot do that alone. Electricity authority,
post offices, hospitals, etc. are public organizations that provide us with
such services. Hence the word ‘public’ means people. They even work for
social welfare and awareness.

The organizations are either established by the government or by a group
of people. They are different by their nature or objectives. For example,
health post and hospitals are established mostly for the protection of
people from diseases. Similarly, a post office is to deliver letters or parcels.
Electricity authority supplies us electricity.

The major objective of such public organizations is to provide services to
the people. We have to pay certain amount for those services.

50 Megha's Integrated Social Studies - 4