CHSE Odisha Elective Home Science case studies
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The CHSE Odisha Elective Home Science course is a higher-secondary elective under the Council of Higher Secondary Education, Odisha, taken by +2 Arts and Science students who choose Home Science as one of their elective subjects. It suits candidates who want a practical, applied subject that draws on biology, chemistry, social science and design, and it is a recognised base for degrees in Home Science, nutrition and dietetics, food technology, textiles and fashion, early childhood education, social work and community development. The CHSE Odisha Elective Home Science case studies are 5 cases and about 3,201 words.
1Iron-deficiency risk in a vegetarian adolescent
Rina, 16, is in Class XI in a government high school in a semi-urban block of Odisha. She complains of tiredness, breathlessness while climbing two floors, and poor concentration in class.
637 words, about 3 min2Cost and safety squeeze in a 120-student hostel mess
A 120-bed boys' hostel charges ₹2,700 per boarder per month for 30 days, about ₹90 per boarder per day. The menu repeats puffed rice and jaggery for breakfast, rice-dal-potato curry for lunch, a fried snack in the evening, and rice-dal-potato curry for dinner.
632 words, about 3 min3Toilet-training conflict in a joint family
A 30-month-old girl, Ankita, lives with her parents and paternal grandmother. Her mother works in a shop for nine hours, and the grandmother cares for the child.
628 words, about 3 min4Uniform fabric order that shrinks and fades
A small tailoring unit in Berhampur receives an order for 40 school uniforms from a parent-teacher association. The PTA supplies 96 m of cotton shirting, enough for the order.
601 words, about 3 min5Clashing demands in a low-margin family budget
A family of five in a district town has a father who earns ₹28,000 a month as a driver and a mother who earns ₹6,000 in a good month from tailoring; her income falls to zero in a bad month. Fixed commitments are rent ₹6,000, a loan repayment of ₹2,500, school fees ₹2,000, transport ₹1,500 and utilities ₹1,200.
703 words, about 4 min