Comics as Educational Aid


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Creator/Artist: Peer Mohideen Sathikh

Category: Product Design

Document: Special Project

Batch: 1984-1986

Source: India,   IDC

Period:  1979-1988

Medium: Report pdf

Supervisor: Prof. A. G. Rao


Detailed Description

Education has been an important priority of the government of India. However, schools, colleges, and the educational system as a whole have much to be desired. There have been many attempts to improve the educational system using educational aids like 16-mm projections, etc. But these attempts have not come to widespread use in India. This may be attributed to a multitude of reasons, the most important being the total number of schools in India.

A time has come in which one will have to give serious thought to education improvement. New possibilities will have to be thought of which are not only technically feasible but also economically feasible. One such possibility is the comic strip medium. Comics have the advantage of being economical while, at the same time, enjoying popularity. In this project, an attempt has been made to study the possibility of using comics as an educational aid. While this seems like a novel idea in the beginning, one will realise the problems that will arise when implemented. For one, the image of comics as cheap entertainment will have to be changed and a cleaner image will have to emerge. This project aims at determining the factors that make it popular with everyone and identifying the possible problems that will have to be solved. As a final output, a lesson has been attempted in comic strip form using the findings of the earlier studies.