Subject: SUPW and Community Service

Class: X

Emphasis should be placed on work practice and classroom discussions in these classes. A component of Contemporary Studies may be correlated with SUPW. Work practice will include one main craft or
equivalent service and at least one subsidiary craft or equivalent service.

MAIN CRAFTS/SERVICES

(i) Health and Hygiene Growing medical plants; eradication of communicable diseases; paramedical service.

(ii) Food Agro-industries; kitchen gardening; compost culture; crop and seed production; repair of farm implements; soil conservation and desert control; horticulture; animal husbandry and dairying; bee keeping; poultry farming; fish culture; bakery; confectionery; cooking.

(iii) Shelter Pottery; Masonry work; Workshop practice (mechanical); Workshop practice (electrical); Workshop practice (electronics); Cane and bamboo work; House-craft; Blacksmithy; Foundry work; Carpet weaving.

(iv) Clothing Production of cotton; wool; silk and other fibres; Weaving; Dressmaking; Knitting; Hosiery work;  Embroidery work; Dress designing; Leatherwork.

(v) Cultural and Recreational Making toys and puppets; Making and repairing musical instruments; Making games material; Printing; Bookbinding; Making stationery; Photography.

SUBSIDARY CRAFTS/SERVICES

(i) Health and Hygiene Cleanliness of the neighbourhood, well and pond and the disposal of garbage; construction of toilet facilities and compost pits; making tooth picks,  tooth powder; soap; detergents; disinfectants; first aid boxes; construction of waste paper baskets; dustbins; garbage cans; brooms; brushes; cobweb cleaners; dusters; mops, etc.; detection of adulteration.

(ii) Food Distribution of fertilisers and insecticides; processing and preservation of food; hydroponics; mushroom culture; khandsari, gur and candy making; catering; making jam; jelly, squashes, pickles, bari and papad, etc.; packing food; marketing.

(iii) Shelter Home, village and town-planning. Lac culture. Renovation and effecting minor repairs in buildings, fittings, furniture and household articles. Decorating the home; gardening; surface decoration; interior decoration; construction of decorative pieces; plaster of Paris work; chalk and candle making; making limestone.

(iv) Clothing Spinning of different fibres; Dyeing and printing; Repair of garments; Laundry work.

(v) Cultural and Recreational Stagecraft; making costumes; holding exhibitions. Further Suggestion on Socially Useful Productive Work: Given below is an indication of how Socially Useful Productive Work can be combined with the 'sixth subject' to be offered in the ICSE examination: Allied Subject Craft - Socially Useful Productive

Work 1. Art

(i) Pottery work

(ii) Sculpture: any medium

(iii) Weaving: any medium

(iv) Block printing, screenprinting, batik, tie and dye, etc. on any material.

(v) Embroidery. (vi) Puppet or marionette making.

(vii) Printing from original wood or lino block.

2. Technical Drawing (i) Woodwork or Metal work. Applications

3. Home Science (i) Laundry Work or Practical Cookery or Care of a House.

4. Cookery (i) Practical Cookery.

5. Fashion Designing (i) Needlework and Dressmaking.

6 Music (a) Indian (i) Vocal, Instrumental, Tabla,

(b) Western (i) Piano or other instrument.

ASSESSMENT: (Classes IX and X)

Evaluation is an important aspect of planning and execution of the Socially Useful Productive Work and Community Service Programme in Schools. From the beginning of the programme each step needs evaluation. An illustrative guide to the areas of assessment and weightage to be given is contained in the following paragraphs.

1. Selection of Socially Useful Productive Work and Community Service .

Suggested lists of the Main Crafts/Services and Subsidiary Crafts/ Services have been given in the syllabus booklet. Candidates will be required to select one main craft and one subsidiary service OR one main service and one subsidiary craft per year of preparation for the examination, i.e. Class IX and X.

2. Internal Assessment

The Internal Assessments will consist of assessment in (a) Socially Useful Productive Work (b) Community Service. The work undertaken by the candidates during the two-year preparation period in each will be assessed and marked out of 50. From these assessments they will be placed in an order of merit list giving them marks out of a total of 100. The Council reserves the right to call for the records of the candidates' work.

3. Socially Useful Productive Work

1. This will be taken to mean work practice in a main or subsidiary craft. In contrast to community service it implies the making of articles of social use or the practice of a skill.
2. The areas of assessment of Socially Useful Productive work may be classified as follows: Marks
   (1) Preparation 05
   (2) Organisation 10
   (3) Skills 20
   (4) Research 10
   (5) Interest 05
3. Preparation: It is important to select a craft which is socially useful and within the candidates' capabilities. It may be necessary to  visit localities where certain crafts are practiced and note details of the processes or methods involved.
4. Organisation: The candidates should be able to explain in writing, the tools, materials and  processes required as well as draw up a timetable/ programme of work.
5. Skills: The manual skills of the candidates should be assessed regularly and from the finished product(s) and include the candidates'  abilities to follow processes/ methods of the craft.
6. Research: This is the candidates' ability to analyse a process or method and suggest/ implement improvements and also to improvise wherever necessary.
7. Interest: This is an assessment of candidates' industriousness, constancy and conscientiousness with regard to the work undertaken. The candidates should be able to adhere to the timetable/ programme of work
   drawn up by them.
8. Record Card: This should be kept for each candidate and the assessment of Socially Useful Productive Work entered in it. A specimen of the record card is given below for guidance.

Courtesy: cisce.org

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