Service Industries SS3 Economics Lesson Note

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVES: At the end of the lesson, pupils should be able to

1. Define services industries
2. State and explain the types of service industries
3. Discuss the roles of the service industries

INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNIQUES: 

• Identification, 
• explanation, 
• questions and answers, 
• demonstration, 
• videos from source

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS: 

• Videos, 
• loudspeaker, 
• textbook, 
• pictures

NOTE

SERVICE INDUSTRIES

The service industries involve the provision of services to businesses as well as to final consumers. It can also be called the tertiary sector of industry. Services involved doing something for the consumers, which could be personal or indirect services. Service industries are tourism, transport, banking, insurance, warehousing, and advertisement.

Types of Service Occupations

The service industry can be divided into direct and indirect services.

1. Direct Service

This includes personal services rendered for direct consumption and are paid for directly by those who enjoy the service. Those who engage in this form of services are: housemaids, stewards, entertainers, barbers, family doctors, lawyers in private practice, etc.

2. Indirect Service

Indirect service includes services rendered to the general public but they are not paid for by the members of the public directly. The government will pay from taxes and levies paid by the public. Therefore, those involved render indirect services and are paid indirectly by the public, e.g. doctors working in public hospitals, police force, soldiers, customs officers, civil servants, lawmakers, etc.

ROLES OR CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE SERVICE INDUSTRY TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

1. The service industry provides employment opportunities through its activities in trading, banking, transportation, communication, etc.
2. The service industry generates revenue for the government and people who are engaged in the industry.
3. The service industry aids trade through its communication, transportation, banking, etc
4. It diffuses new ideas and technology is transferred from one country to another.
5. It stimulates the growth of other sectors like manufacturing and construction.
6. The service industry helps to diversify the economy through its branches like tourism.
7. Through the service industry, different regions in the country are brought in constant touch with one another
8. The service industry through its activities in the economy stimulates the development of infrastructures like roads, telephone, electricity, and pipe borne water.

EVALUATION:   

1. Define service industry
2. State three roles of the service industry in the economic development of Nigeria
3. State and explain the types of service industry

CLASSWORK: As in evaluation

CONCLUSION: The teacher commends the students positively