Community Service is unpaid work performed by a person or group of people for the benefit and betterment of their community without any form of compensation. The role of student teachers in community development is significant. They gain knowledge through community activity. They understand the culture of their community. They also enrich and transfer their art to the society. Student teacher’s participation in their community service gives students a helping attitude, new thinking, individuality, leadership qualities, the ability to work as a team and the ability to keep the environment clean. Thus, community service makes all round development of the student teachers.

• To explore the impact of community service on pre-service teacher’s personal, academic and professional development.
• To examine the potential of service-learning as pedagogy for equipping pre-service teachers enrolled in the Bachelor of Education program.
• To improve the professional skills such as communication, leadership, teamwork, critical thinking and ability to effectively apply academic course content.
• To plan application of theory outside their traditional classroom environment.