Work Education Introduction

 INTRODUCTION:

 Work education is seem to be very important, meaningful and the purposeful manual work organised as important part of teaching learning process which results into product and goods which is useful to the society in addition to the pleasure of doing work. It is very necessary for all the section of the education i.e. primary, secondary, higher secondary and for the higher education. Work education can be provided through well developed, channelled and structured programme. It should include the knowledge , various life skills, observation, and moral values through basic life activities. Work education can be categorised into various categories in which we need to work upon: Categories of work education should be: 

a) Work which we do at home.

 b) Work which we do in our classroom. 

c) Work which we do in our society.

 d) Work related to the need of an individual , such as health , clothing, cleanliness etc

Historical perspective In India Mahatma Gandhi was the first one who insisted the practice of doing work with education. Describing work education Mahatma Gandhi once said “”work education concept which is suggested by education commission (1964-66) is similar to the concept of philosophy of basic education. For the last fourty years or so there is ancumulative demand to include work education with regular syllabus at every stages of education. This will give respect and respect and dignity to all type of manual work, it will also remove distinction between manual worker and white collar worker, promote independency in fulfilling daily needs and the requirement of the humanity, increasing efficiency through the improvement of proper services, work and values, and will help in the economic development of the country through social work and community work by the students.