Some people think that secondary school children should study international news as one of the school subjects. Other people think that it is a waste of valuable school time. What do you think? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your own knowledge and experience.
With the advent of globalisation, every part of the world is interconnected with one another. While many people suggest that students must learn about international news in their academic curriculum, others opine that it is a complete waste of time studying foreign news. Personally, I agree with the former view and will be elucidating both views along with mine in the upcoming / following paragraphs.
To commence with, there are multifarious benefits to studying global news in classrooms. First, as the world has become a global village events happening in the far distant places can create a mammoth effect domestically. For instance, economic recession in 2008 in the USA had an adverse effect on Indian economy and foreign reserves. Therefore, students need to have thorough / comprehensive knowledge of global affairs and how they are linked nationally. Apart from this, students get a lot of motivation when they hear / learn about new researches and developments happening in the developed countries. In fact, hundreds of students in India have shown interest to join NASA just because of such awareness campaigns teaching about breakthrough inventions happening in the world of space.
On the flipside, there are those who assert that students / pupils are already overburdened because of their academic subjects and pestering them to learn international news will further add pressure on their young minds. Consequently, they will lose time for sports and other extracurricular activities. Regrettably, this will pave way to a sedentary and passive form of lifestyle. Howbeit, I believe that in this contemporary era, global and local news are inextricably intertwined to each other. Thus, no extra effort is needed to learn about foreign events. For example, when studying about climate, students need to be aware of geographical variations on the earth, then only then will they understand the seasonal changes of their country better.
To recapitulate, although having one more subject as world news can add pressure on students, learning about all the meaningful events happening across the borders certainly augments the intellectual level of students. Hence, they need to understand global affairs more precisely and profoundly. 
 Some
  people
  think
 that secondary school children should study international  
news
 as one of the school subjects.  
Other
  people
  think
 that it is a waste of valuable school time. What do you  
think
? Give reasons for your answer and include any relevant examples from your  
own
 knowledge and experience.
With the advent of  
globalisation
, every part of the  
world
  is interconnected
 with one another. While  
many
  people
 suggest that  
students
  must
  learn
 about international  
news
 in their academic curriculum, others opine that it is a complete waste of time studying foreign  
news
.  
Personally
, I  
agree
 with the former view and will be elucidating both views along with mine in the upcoming / following paragraphs.
To commence with, there are multifarious benefits to studying  
global
  news
 in classrooms.  
First
, as the  
world
 has become a  
global
 village  
events
  happening
 in the far distant places can create a mammoth effect  
domestically
.  
For instance
, economic recession in 2008 in the USA had an adverse effect on Indian economy and foreign reserves.  
Therefore
,  
students
 need to have thorough / comprehensive knowledge of  
global
 affairs and how they  
are linked
  nationally
. Apart from this,  
students
  get
  a lot of
 motivation when they hear /  
learn
 about  
new
 researches and developments  
happening
 in the  
developed countries
. In fact, hundreds of  
students
 in India have shown interest to  
join
 NASA  
just
  because
 of such awareness campaigns teaching about breakthrough inventions  
happening
 in the  
world
 of space.
On the  
flipside
, there are those who assert that  
students
 / pupils are already overburdened  
because
 of their academic subjects and pestering them to  
learn
 international  
news
 will  
further
  add
 pressure on their young minds.  
Consequently
, they will lose time for sports and  
other
 extracurricular activities.  
Regrettably
, this will pave way to a sedentary and passive form of lifestyle. Howbeit, I believe that in this contemporary era,  
global
 and local  
news
 are  
inextricably
 intertwined to each  
other
.  
Thus
, no extra effort  
is needed
 to  
learn
 about foreign  
events
.  
For example
, when studying about climate,  
students
 need to be aware of geographical variations on the earth, then  
only
 then will they understand the seasonal  
changes
 of their country better.
To recapitulate, although having one more subject as  
world
  news
 can  
add
 pressure on  
students
, learning about all the meaningful  
events
  happening
 across the borders  
certainly
 augments the intellectual level of  
students
.  
Hence
, they need to understand  
global
 affairs more  
precisely
 and  
profoundly
.