HOME SCIENCE-

Scope and Importance

Dr. Sudha Tiwari

Asst. Professor ( Food and Nutrition)
Govt. Girls PG College, Banda, UP
 Home
Science  Home Science is the application of sciences and art
towards achieving better, healthier and happier homes.
 Home science is concerned with the attainment of the
well being of individuals and families.
 Home science is all about managing your resources
efficiently.
 It leads to healthier and happier life.
 Home ▹ Home science education prepares youth for the greatest
Science of all vocation.
▹ It orients young girls and boys towards preparation for
several professions- teaching, nursing, dietetics, research,
welfare, management, art application, extension work
and communication.
▹ It also deals with the understanding of sound scientific
principles and their application in various situations.
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Science Home Science Subjects are built as a synthesis of the Arts and
Science to solve everyday problems of family life. These are:
1. The Physical Sciences including physics and chemistry with
their application in nutrition, textiles, health, home nursing,
home management and household equipment.
2. The biological sciences-including bacteriology, physiology and
hygiene with their application.
3. The Social Sciences including economies, sociology, civics and
psychology with their application in home management,
household and consumption economics, child development,
family relationships.
4. The fine Arts with their application in having home furnishing
and interior decoration.
Objectives
of ▹ To learn wide range of job opportunities in different fields of home
Home science
Science ▹ To train the learner to plan and consume the balanced diet by self
and for the family
Teaching
▹ To understand the fibre and fabric its properties, care and
application
▹ To learn efficient use of resources like time, energy and money
▹ To understand the pregnancy, growth and development of child and
characteristics in adolescence and family in different life stages
▹ To learn ethics in daily life
▹ To know the consumer, consumer problems and consumer rights
▹ To learn about environment and ways to minimize the pollution
 SIGNIFICANCE OF HOME SCIENCE EDUCATION

▹ Use of scientific knowledge in managing home life.

▹ Use of available services and facilities.
▹ Economic necessities.
▹ Managing day to day family affairs.
▹ Preparing for a healthier and purposeful life.
▹ Family Life Education
▹ Better job opportunities
 Pros
and Cons PROS
▹ It is professional field of study
▹ Provides a wide scope of subjects to
study and specialization
▹ Good salary and jobs
CONS
▹ No cons, except the mindset
 Misconceptions about Home Science

▹ Home Science is meant only for girls

▹ Home Science is meant only for girls
▹ Home science is limited to cooking, laundry and needle work.
▹ You can learn about it from your mother/ grandmother at home
itself formal study of any kind is not required.
▹ Studying Home Science does not lead to a career.
▹ You can not have a very satisfying and well paid job and career
after studying home science
 Home Science is for both Boys and Girls

▹ Both need to manage resources

▹ Both have to succeed in an increasingly competitive world
▹ Both have to share household responsibilities and tasks
▹ In case of a problem they have to solve it together with other
family members.
▹ Home Science offers varied vocational and professional avenues
for both boys and girls
▹ Joint knowledge and skills help to improve the standard of living.
Areas of Home Science

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Fields of Home Science
Home
Science

Fabric and
Food and Human Resource Extension
Apparel
Nutrition Development Management Education
Designing
 Areas of further Specialization
Main Branch Area of further specialization

Food and Nutrition • Food Science

• Clinical Nutrition and Community Nutrition
• Institutional food service

Clothing Construction • Clothing Construction

Science • Textile Science
• Textile Designing
• Garment Designing
• Care and Maintenance of Clothes

Resource Management • Resource Management

• Housing and Equipment
• Interior Decoration
• Consumer Education
 Areas of further Specialization
Main Branch Area of further specialization

Human Development •Child - Welfare

• Adolescence Guidance
Marriage and Family Guidance
• Care of the Elderly
• Care of special children

Communication and Extension •Media for communication

•Extension
• Programme planning and evaluation
• Training and capacity building
• Management of community service organisations
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Vocationalization of Home Science

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 CAREER OPPORTUNITIES TYPES IN HOME SCIENCE

Choice of vocations-wage employment and self-

employment.
▹ Wage employment – we work for another person
and receive wages or salary for our services.
▹ Self-employment – we are the owner of an
enterprise which we run and finance.
 1.Teaching:

▹ Home Science teachers are required in schools and degree

colleges.
▹ Besides this Home Science education –
▹ Polytechnics,
▹ Industrial Training Institutes,
▹ Institutes of hotel Management and Catering etc.
▹ Training centers of anganwadi workers and other
community workers
▹ To run hobby classes or teach small groups in all
vocational areas of home Science.
 Preschools and Crèches: Women participating in income

Home Science graduates can run childhood care units like day-
care centre, crèches, nursery school and after school centers.
• Anganwadi worker/Supervisor
• Balwadi worker/Manager
• Nursery or Preschool Teacher
• Nursery school supervisor or principal
• Self- Employment
• Creches or day care centre
• Nursery Schools or pre Schools
2. Food and Nutrition Industry

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Food and Nutrition Industry Job

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 3. Catering

Catering service could be extended for parties arranged at home.

• Cook
• Waiter/ Waitress
• Manager Self- Employment
• Canteen
• Cafeteria
• Restaurant
• Tea Shop
• Contact Catering Services
• Mobile Catering Service
 4. Food Preservation:
▹ Food can be preserved in the form of pickles, jams jellies, marmalades
etc. could be undertaken. This area offers the following jobs:
▹ Wage Employment
• Production Supervisor/Manager
• Production Assistant
• Quality Control Assistant
• Instructor of the community Canning centre
• Incharge of the community Canning Centre
• Self- Employment
• Production unit of processed foods
• Laboratory assistant in the community Canning centre
• Hobby Classes
 5. Bakery and Confectionery:

▹ The Home Science students can set up confectionery, Ice-cream Parlours

and Bakery. They can use innovation skills to develop new product with
high nutritive value.
▹ It offers following jobs:
▹Wage Employment
▹Worker in a bakery
▹Supervisor in a bakery
▹ Self- Employment
▹Owner of a bakery
▹ Hobby Classes
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 7. Interior Decoration:

▹ It undertakes the study of managing the home economically and effectively.

▹ Its also cover the interior decoration, training to students and offers following
jobs:-
Wage Employment
• Interior Designer
• Furniture Designer
• Furniture maker
Self- Employment
• Interior Designer
• Furniture Designer
• Furniture maker
 10. House keeping

▹ Wage – Room attendants , Laundry attendants , supervisors , care

takers. Jobs are available in hotels ,motels ,airports , hospitals ,
office premises.
▹ Self – Owing guest houses, contract for maintenance of offices ,
places ,running laundries.
▹ Commercial places , public interest like museum , parks, art
galleries
 TEXTILE
&
CLOTHING
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8. Textile Designing:

▹ Textile Designing implies weaving, dyeing, printing etc of

textiles. • Wage employment can be carried out by a person in
his own factory/ shop/ production unit or he may be
employed by someone.
E.g. Spinner, dyer, weaver, printer, knitter
▹ • Self-Organizing hobby classes in tie and die, batik, fabric
painting etc
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 9. Garment Designing and Making:

 Wage Employment
• Manager • Production Assistant
• Pattern maker • Cutter • Supervisor
• Dress designer
 Self- Employment
• Tailor
• Dress Designer
• Finisher • Boutique owner
• Garment decorator

• Hobby Classes
11. Human Development
Human Development

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12. Extension Education

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Extension Education

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 6. Social welfare and community programme

▹ Social Work: Home Science students study a subject Extension Education

which creates new opportunity of employment in social work and community
programme.
▹ Wage: social workers, research assistant.
▹ They also work with any institute which are working for women, child, old
people, youth, drug addicts and alcoholics welfare.
▹ Self-own counselling services, conduct research
 Rainbows of Home Science

▹ Home science branches has important

sensitization parameters like;
▹ Child’s ability to recognize color is milestone
of cognitive development.
▹ Rainbow diet is holistic approach of health and
fitness.
▹ Color theory is the base of textile industry.
▹ Therefore, role of Home Science in
community and nation development is
pivotal.
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Conclusion
▹ Home science program is predominantly practical
oriented.
▹ It helps to develop and polish various skills to
empower the cadre required towards innovation,
incubation and entrepreneurship along with
professional and employable skills.
▹ Hands on experience with Project work
/internship / fieldwork would help and build
capacities for conducting primary research among
the students.

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What’s New
in Home Science

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Family and Community Sciences – is
the new nomenclature of Home Science

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