Assam ASSEB HSLC Wood Craft case studies
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Wood Craft is an elective vocational subject in the Assam High School Leaving Certificate (HSLC) programme, delivered by the Assam State School Education Board (ASSEB, formerly SEBA). It suits students who want a practical, skill-based subject alongside general academic work, particularly those in or near areas with carpentry, furniture-making and bamboo-and-cane craft activity. The Assam ASSEB HSLC Wood Craft case studies are 5 cases and about 4,130 words.
1Monsoon Sal Boards for School Desk Tops
In late June, a school workshop in Nalbari receives 40 sal planks, each 2.4 m long, 200 mm wide and 25 mm thick. The planks were converted three weeks earlier from freshly felled logs and have been stacked flat on the ground under a tarpaulin.
799 words, about 4 min2Table Saw Kickback with Short Stock
During a Year 10 workshop session, a 15-year-old student rips a 300 mm long, 40 mm wide teak strip on a 250 mm table saw. The strip is shorter than the distance from the blade to the fence at the infeed side.
812 words, about 4 min3Stool Joints Failing in a Humid Community Hall
A vocational batch is making 25 low wooden stools (pirha) for a community hall. Each stool has a 40 mm thick sal top, four 45 x 45 mm sal legs, and 25 mm thick aprons set 20 mm below the top.
811 words, about 4 min4Blotchy Teak-Finish Tables in a Humid Workshop
A school workshop has an order for 12 reading tables. Each top is 1200 x 600 x 25 mm; each table has four legs 50 x 50 x 750 mm and aprons 75 x 25 mm.
852 words, about 4 min5Majuli Carved Panels for an Air-Conditioned Hotel Lobby
A self-help group in Majuli has an order from a Guwahati hotel for 30 decorative wall panels, each 600 mm high and 450 mm wide, carved with traditional Assamese motifs: lotus, jaapi and creeping vines. The hotel lobby is air-conditioned and kept at about 22–24°C.
856 words, about 4 min