A Perspective
Our education has got to be revolutionized. The brain
must be educated through the hand. If I were a poet, I
would write poetry on the possibilities of five fingers.
Those who do not train their hands, who go through the
ordinary rut of education, lack MUSIC in their life.
- Mahatma Gandhi
Definition of Work Education:
Work Education is viewed as purposive and meaningful manual work, organized as integral part of the learning process and resulting into goods or services useful to the community, besides the pleasure of self fulfillment. 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, understanding skills and values through need-based life activities. Major categories of work, which need to be specifically stressed include:
a) Work pertaining to the needs of individual, such as health,
hygiene, clothing, cleanliness, etc;
b) Work at home to be performed as a member of the family;
c) Work in the classroom, school and in the out of school
activities integrated with school life;
d) Work as a learning experience through other subjects such as physical education, art education, social studies, science and others;
e) Work in the community focused on selfless service;
f) Work relating to vocational development, production, social
usefulness and exploration of the opportunities and care pathways.
