SUPW Socially Useful Productive Work

SUPW – SOCIALLY USEFUL PRODUCTIVE WORK

SUPW OR Socially Useful Productive Work is an important part of B.Ed. curriculum. The programme is developed through Gandhian Philosophy of Basic Education through work. It provides maximum possibilities of integrating knowledge belonging to other subject areas and adopting the inter disciplinary approach in teaching learning. The Organisation in charged with execution of this programme in Government College of Teacher Education, Thycaud was Kerala Gandhi Smaraka Nidhi. The faculties from Gandhi Smaraka Nidhi visited the classes at regular intervals and introduced the importance of the concept of SUPW and various basic skills related with it were given training. Classes were taken by beloved Mr. Ummar and Mr. Sukumar sir. Mostly the programme was concentrated making products essentially needed for Domestic purpose. Training were given on the production of Toilet cleaning Lotion, Toilet Soap, Detergent Powder and Dish wash powder. Hands on training were provided in the classes. The SUPW initiative was one of the significant programme conducted during the first semester of our B.Ed. degree course where we were equipped with some basic skills for economic sustenance.