Applicability of home science education as perceived by the students

Pages: 309-311
Sukhdeep Kaur Mann, Divya Sachan, and Ritu Mittal (Department of Extension Education and Communication Management, Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, Punjab)

Home Science is the science of home and it includes all the things that concern the person, home, family members and resources. It is the education for “better living” and the core of this education is the family ecosystem. Home Science is classified as a technical and vocational subject (Ministry of Education, 2003). It also deals with reciprocal relations between the family and its natural and man-made environments. It aims at getting maximum satisfaction for the person and their family members through the efficient and scientific use of their resources. The present study was planned to determine the preference and applicability of Home Science courses. The results of the study indicated that highest percentage of respondents had preferred Foods and Nutrition as their first preference, reasons for higher ranking of discipline was interesting subject matter followed by good teaching staff. Students expressed lowest applicability of knowledge and skills learnt from allied courses such as entomology, biochemistry, organic chemistry and mathematics in their jobs or at household level.