Understanding Disciplines and school subjects

2. WORK ORIENTED EDUCATION
Work oriented Education
means integration of meaningful manual
work, as a part of the learning process
and resulting into goods or services
useful to the community, besides the
pleasure of self- fulfilment. It should be
an essential component at all stages of
education and must be provided through
a well-structured and graded programme.
The competencies to be developed in this
field should include knowledge,

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Work Oriented Education
provides the basis for building up proper
attitudes towards work developing
favourable work values and habits,
imparting necessary knowledge related to
work, and developing appropriate work
skills, which can help the children to
become productive and self-reliant in
meeting their day-to-day needs and those
of their families and communities. Work
Oriented Education can further enable the
children to discover their real interests and
aptitudes which would be helpful to them in

4. OBJECTIVES OF WORK ORIENTED EDUCATION
1. Identify his needs and those of his family and community
in respect of food, health and hygiene, clothing, shelter,
recreation and social service.
2. Acquaint himself with productive activities in the
community.
3. Know the sources of raw materials and understand the
use of tools and equipment in the production of goods and
services.
4. Understand scientific facts and principles involved in
various forms of work.
5. Understand the process of planning and organizing

5. OBJECTIVES OF WORK ORIENTED EDUCATION
……………
7. Develop skills for the application of problem solving methods in
productive work and social service situations.
8. Develop respect for manual work and regard for manual workers.
9. Inculcate socially desirable values such as self-reliance, helpfulness,
cooperativeness, team-work, perseverance, tolerance, etc.
10. Develop proper work habits and values such as regularity,
punctuality, discipline, honesty, efficiency, love of excellence and
dedication to duty.
11. Develop self-esteem and confidence through achievements in
productive work and services.
12. Develop a deeper concern for the environment and a sense of
belonging, responsibility and commitment to the society.
13 Develop awareness of socio-economic problems of society.

7. INTEGRAL TO DAILY LIVING
Sweeping and
Scavenging
Making of Brooms
Mops and Scoops
Health, Hygiene and
Sanitation
Cooking, Nutrition and
Serving
Processing of Foods,
Spices, and Other Food
Ingredients
Laundry and Preparation
of Soaps and Detergents
Tailoring, Stitching,
Embroidery
and KnittingCare During Pregnancy
and Early Childhood
Care
Interacting with the
Disabled

8. INTEGRAL TO DAILY LIVING……
Old Age Care
Repair and Maintenance
of
Household Gadgets
Preparation of
CosmeticsPreparation of Aromatics
and
Herbal Medicines
Saving of Water
Electricity and Fuel
Consumption
Sharing of Household
Responsibilities
Domestic Budgeting and
Planning

9. HABITAT AND SHELTER
Nursery and
Gardening
Landscaping and
Aesthetics
Making of Bricks, Cement
Blocks, Tiles, Pipes etc.
Clay work Working with Glass
Carpentry, Furniture and
Designing
Metal Work
Working with Plastics
Housing (Designing and
Construction)
Electrical Fittings

11. HABITAT AND SHELTER……….
Plumbing and
Sanitation
White-washing and
Painting
Ground Water and
Rainwater Harvesting
Drainage and Sewage
Developing a
Herbarium
Renewable Sources of
Energy
Making of Toys,
Science Kits
Field Studies of Flora
and Fauna
Waste Management Electrical Fittings

12. HABITAT AND SHELTER……….
Plumbing and
Sanitation
White-washing and
Painting
Ground Water and
Rainwater Harvesting
Drainage and Sewage
Developing a
Herbarium
Renewable Sources of
Energy
Making of Toys,
Science Kits
Field Studies of Flora
and Fauna
Waste Management Electrical Fittings

13. TRANSPORT
Bullock Cart: Designing,
Construction and
InnovationBicycle: Assembling,
Maintenance
and RepairingBoats, Canoes and
Ships: Repair, Designing
and ConstructionAutomobile (2-wheel, 4-
wheel): Repair and
Maintenance
Packaging and
Forwarding
Mapping and designing
roads, bridges, ropeways
etc.
Tractors, Cranes and
other Hydraulic
Machines: Operation,
Repair and Maintenance

14. AGRICULTURE, AGRICULTURAL
PROCESSING AND FORESTRY
Farming (including
organic and
dry land farming)
Horticulture
Animal Husbandry
(including breeding)
Fisheries and
Aquaculture
Irrigation and Drought
Management
Seed collection, storage
and biodiversity
Fodder, Pastures and
Grasslands
Plantations and
Processing of Products
Poultry and Sericulture,
Dairying
Forest Nursery and Tree
Plantation

15. AGRICULTURE, AGRICULTURAL
PROCESSING AND FORESTRY………..
Forest Conservation,
Wild Life and Human
SettlementsTimber, Other Forest
Produce and
Regeneration of ForestsCultivation of Aromatic
and Medicinal Plants and
ProcessingFood Processing,
Preservation, Conversion
and Packaging
Agricultural Engineering
Bakery
Storage, Marketing and
Finance
Quarantine and Patents
Agricultural Tools and
Machinery

16. TEXTILES, LEATHER AND OTHER FIBRE-
BASED MATERIALS
Soft Toys
Cotton, Wool and
Synthetic Fibre: Spinning,
Weaving, Knitting,
Processing, Dyeing and
Apparel Making
Leather: Curing,
Processing, Dyeing and
Products
Jute, Coir, Cane etc.:
Curing, Processing,
Dyeing and Products.
Designing and Marketing

17. HEALTH , SPORTS AND
PHYSICAL EDUCATION
Public Health Services
(including epidemic
control)
Knowing Your Body
Sexuality and Fertility
Awareness
Occupational Hazards
and
Health Problems
Designing and Making of
Health and Sports
Equipment
First Aid and Nursing
Medical Technology

18. SERVICES
Printing on Various
Materials
Budgeting, Accounting
and
Evaluation of Assets
Maps, Surveys and
Project Planning
House Safety and
Maintenance
Information and
Communication
Technology
Pathological Testing and
other Para-medical
Services.
Transcription and
Documentation
Computers: Software and
Hardware
Testing of Water, Air and
Soil
Banking, Insurance and
Finance

19. ART , MUSIC , THEATRE
Making of Musical
Instruments
Making of Heritage Crafts
(including puppets)
Pottery, Murals,
Sculpturing
and Graphics
Stagecraft
Jewellery Making, Stone
Polishing
Event Management

20. AGRICULTURE, AGRICULTURAL
PROCESSING AND FORESTRY
Farming (including
organic and
dry land farming)
Horticulture
Animal Husbandry
(including breeding)
Fisheries and
Aquaculture
Irrigation and Drought
Management
Seed collection, storage
and biodiversity
Fodder, Pastures and
Grasslands
Plantations and
Processing of Products
Poultry and Sericulture,
Dairying
Forest Nursery and Tree
Plantation

22. COMMUNITY WORK AND
SOCIAL ACTION
Local History Studies
Field Study of Under-
nutrition/
Malnutrition and its
Causes
Local Studies of
(a) Occupations; (b)
Technologies and Skills; (c)
Work Force; (d) Natural
Resources;
(e) Habitats; (f) Modes of
transport;
(g) Sources of water and
energy;
(h) Bio-diversity; Creating
Biodiversity Register;
Markets; and
(j) Official Development
Interaction and Study of
Panchayath; Primary
Health Centres,
Block/District Development
Office, Police Stations,
Post Offices, Cooperatives,
Banks, Courts, Mandis,
District Magistrate’s and
Revenue Offices (or
Municipal Offices) and
digital data collection at

23. COMMUNITY WORK AND
SOCIAL ACTION…………..Field Studies of
(a) Social Stratification and
Power Structures; (b)
Gender Inequity and
Violence Against Women;
(c) Gender Differences
Relating to Work; (d) Adult
Perceptions of Childhood;
(e) Child’s relationship with
work; (f) Status of Child
Rights; (g) Status of the
Disabled; and (h) Diversity
of Languages, Religions,
Field Studies of
local Balwadis/ICDS Centres,
educational programmes and
schemes, educational status,
types of school managements
and fee structures; social and
gender disparities in and
through education, teaching-
learning processes, quality of
community participation in
schools, implementation of
laws relating to child rights and
educational rights, contribution
of education to social
development and the
changing trends in the

24. COMMUNITY WORK AND
SOCIAL ACTION…………..Proactive involvement in
(a) Vaccination Campaigns;
(b) Health Check-ups; (c)
Epidemic Control; (d)
Maintenance of Land
Records; (e) Right to
Information Campaign; (f)
Issues relating to Women’s
and other Socio-Cultural
Rights; (g) Legal Literacy and
Aid Programmes; (h) Child
Rights and Right to Education
Programmes; (i) Local
elections; (j) Development
Programmes (including
Organising
(a) science and technology-
based services for the
community and/or the locality;
(b) Support for the
Balwadis/ICDS; (c)
Interventions for
Universalisation of Elementary
Education; (d) Support for the
disabled, including learning
Braille/sign language; (e)
Support for the old persons
and the sick; and (f) Any other
similar social action
programmes.