UNIT III
Implementation Of Work Education
The content of Work Education will be based on the needs of the pupils
on one hand and on the resources available in the community and the
facilities available in the school on the other. Since these will differ from
place to place, no fixed programme can be prescribed for all the school in
the area, state or country. It is in keeping with this realization that
suggestive syllabi in Core and Elective areas have been designed for
Work Education programme for the schools affiliated with CBSE, so that it
leaves less scope for varied conceptual interpretations.
Besides including Work Education activities of a wide variety for all upper
primary, secondary and senior secondary stages which is not exhaustive,
the suggestive list of activities under the elective area also includes pre-
vocational courses as a part of the Work Education programme for the
secondary school stage.
The Core Area covers the following nine aspects of human needs:
i. Nutrition Education
ii. Health Education
iii. Population Education
iv. Culture and Recreation
v. Value Development
vi. Media and Mass Communication
vii. Information Technology
viii. Consumer Education
ix. Environment
The purpose of this area is to bring about attitudinal changes and to
develop readiness for continued productive work. Therefore every pupil
has to undertake at least 60 per cent of the activities in the syllabus
under the Core area in each class.
The purpose of the Elective Areas is to give a vocational bias to the Work
Education programme. It may therefore, require repetition or constant
practices according to the time available. A school may select at least
two elective activities depending on the availability of time, season,
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