CLASSES IX-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 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. of 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 wastepaperbaskets; 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