Curriculum & Syllabus for Classes IX & X

I.  WORK EXPERIENCE

 II.  PHYSICAL & HEALTH EDUCATION

I.  WORK EXPERIENCE

CONTENTS

1. Essential Activities

At least fifteen activities are to be performed by every student during the two years of classes IX and X (Eight in Class    IX and seven in Class X). Need area (d) will be compulsory and not less than 3 (three) items from a, b and c will be selected.

(a)     Need Area - Community Work and Social Service :

(1) Use of Various means of communication and time table.

(2) Acquittance with bank, post and telegraph services.

(3) Reception work in the School and Society.

(4) Helping Traffic Police and people in regulation of traffic rules.

(5) Helping in the organisation of adult literary programme.

(6) Voluntary service in hospitals, fairs and during natural calamities.

(7) Cleaning the school compound, building, furniture and equipment etc.

11. Elective Programme

Work practice under this programme may take the form ofprojects with sequential activities relating to vocations in production and service sector. Each student should be required to take two projects one in each class inside and outside the school,depending upon the availability of resources and time. Students should select projects in such a way that at least two need areas are covered. The projects should provide vocational orientation. A list of projects is given below

 III.  Evaluation

Evaluation will be an internal and a continuous process. It should take care of theory and practice in an integrated manner. More weightage should be given to the evaluation of actual practical work. Evaluation of theory will not be a written one but an oral test.

Teachers should keep systematic records of pupil's progress in Work Experience. Apart from the teacher's record, each student is to maintain his own record book. Necessary entries with the help of the teacher are to be made in the record book after completion of every unit of activities. Assessment shall be made and recorded after every operational stage of activity / project.

II. PHYSICAL & HEALTH EDUCATION

1. Name of the text books recommended for Class - IX & X:

    i) Health Education for Class - IX

    Published by Public Book Store, Paona Bazar, Imphal

    ii) Health Education for Class - X

     Published by S.P. Book Store, Singjamei

    iii) Physical and Health Education for Classes IX & X

    Written by Dr. Ch. Jamini Devi and Published by S.I. & Co., Imphal

    iv) Physical Education (Games) for Classes IX & X

    Written by N. Mangi Singh and Published by S.I. & Co., Imphal

HEALTH  EDUCATION

CLASS - IX

II. Course Content:

1 . Personal Health

Concept and nature of personal health, dimension of personal health; Factors influencing personal health, desirable and undesirable habits of personal health;abuse of smokin and drugs ; periodical medical chec up and its importance, Signs and Symptoms of diseases and desirable practices to prevent diseases; AIDS and veneral diseases: genital hygiene.

2 . Environmental Health:

Need to improve health conditions and environment in the village town, improve practices of waste disposal, co-operating in keeping drinking water, air and land clean and unpolluted; participation in activities of maintaining healthy environmental conditions in the school. Water precaution against contamination. Use of water for drinking and cooking. Air factors affecting air, Environmental improvement.

3. Food and Nutrition

Effects of malnutrition; recognition and selection of body-building, energy giving and protective foods for daily diet from locally available food. Balance diet from locally available food; Healthy cooking particles ; food preservation and conservation.

CLASS - X

HEALTH EDUCATION

[40 PERIODS]

1. Control of Diseases:

Knowledge of common diseases occurring in different sessions; Participation in control of various local diseases, knowledge of disease and precaution against their spreading practice of health-habits which promote long and healthy life. Participating in popularization of immunise programme, precautions against communicable diseases and epidemics, participating in naturalization of natural calamities like foods, droughts, earthquakes, cyclones, etc.

2. Consumer Education

Meaning, concept and need of consumer education ; cooperation in the enforcement of consumer laws in the community ; Regulating one's own behaviour of utilization which will not harm his health. Hazards of drug addiction. Making wise decisions in respect of various consumer products on the basis of their claims in the form of advertisements, providing the knowledge of distinguishing between a quack and a medical practitioner.

3. First-Aid, home nursing and safety measure :

    (i). Organisation of first –aid teams;

    (ii). Preparing and using first –aid kit;

    (iii). Providing first – aid in real situations ;

    (iv) Observation and co-operation in enforcement of traffic laws and safety rules, participating in safety measure against fire, air – raids other emergencies.

    (v) Various steps of safety, first- aid, home nursing, etc.

III Distribution of Marks :

Class-IX

Class- X

PHYSICAL EDUCATION

CLASS - IX

CLASS - X

    (Any three out of the following - two from field events and one from track events)

(One in Class - IX and one in Class - X)

Distribution of Marks

For Physical Education (Sports - practical)

Class-IX & X

Marks: 50