The cinema plays a very important role in the field of education. This very fact is being realized by the educationists these days that cinema is much more than entertainment only. There are many producers who prepare special educational films to teach various subjects. The problems of education can be studied by means of the cinema. There is also an international board for this purpose. The film has become a powerful medium of instruction.
The mysteries and wonders of the word can be presented; by means of motion pictures. There are some sneering fellows who doubt about its utility. In their opinion, films can reduce the reading and will destroy literature. Imagination would become dull and films will be a substitute entertainment for study: But these thinking do not hold good because films are not only means of instructions. They are just like extra aid. Not hold well because films are not only means of instructions. They are just like extra aid.
The students grasp the lessons very easily by these teaching films and are greatly welcomed by them. The whole mental background of the student is enlarged by them. To teach good moral lessons the lives of great persons of the world are screened. The news-reels and documentaries refresh our knowledge. Geography and Geology can be understood very easily by means of cinema. The facts about the planets can be taught very easily with the aid of these films.
In those parts of the country where there are no zoos or museums, films are admirable means of instruction for teaching Zoology, Botany, Physics and Chemistry. The habits of animals, insects and birds and the growth of plants and flowers can be understood minutely with the aid of films. The surgical operations, the diseases and troubles of the nervous system can be observed in slow motions Moreover; we can stop the film at any stage for a special study. We can make history a lively subject when episodes are portrayed by films. The social ills of the society can be highlighted and can be torn up by roots. The best way to remove communalism and terrorism etc can be solved by making the public opinion against them. Cinema not only is a means for education but enlarges its scope
