Unit II
Work Education- An Essential Curricular Area
The National Policy on Education has given a clear direction that work
Education is viewed as purposive and meaningful manual work: organized
as an integral part of the learning process and resulting in either goods
or services useful to the community, should be considered as an
essential component at all stages of education to be provided through
well structured and graded programmes. The Policy also has laid down
that it would comprise activities in accordance with the interests, abilities
and needs of students, the level of skills and knowledge to be upgraded
with the stages of education. It is expected that this experience would be
helpful on his entry into the workforce. Pre-vocational programmes
provided at the secondary stage are expected to facilitate the choice of
vocational courses at the senior school stage.
Place in the Scheme of Studies
As such the Board has prescribed the following as compulsory learning
areas at the Secondary stage with relative time allocations:
Area Periods per week
Two languages 14
Mathematics 7
Science 9
Social Science 9
Work Education 2
+ 2 (outside school hours)
Art Education 2
Physical and Health Education 2
Total
45
At the senior school stage, Work Education is again compulsory and its
allocation of time vis-à-vis other subjects is given below:
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