JCE Home Economics case studies
JCE Home Economics · Put your knowledge to work in context.
The Junior Certificate Examination (JCE) is one of the national qualifications administered by the Botswana Examinations Council (BEC), which is mandated under section 5 of the Botswana Examinations Council Act (Act No 11 of 2002) as amended by the Botswana Examinations Amendment Act, 2019 to manage, conduct examinations and assessments in general education and technical, vocational education and training and to award certificates in respect of the said examinations and assessments. JCE sits alongside PSLE and BGCSE in BEC's qualifications portfolio, and BEC publishes JCE Administration, JCE Reports, Assessment, JCE Syllabi and JCE Exam Centres pages, along with a JCE Results Summary, so candidates can reach the syllabus and centre information from the official site. The JCE Home Economics case studies are 5 cases and about 4,806 words.
1Iron on a Tight Budget: Feeding a Teenager with Anaemia
Ravi and Sunita live in a rented flat with their two children and Sunita's mother. Food already takes 22% of take-home pay and the budget has been cut twice this year.
950 words, about 5 min2The Shrinking Tracksuit: A Seamstress, a School, and a Withheld Payment
A seamstress running a one-woman workroom took an order for 60 school tracksuits from a primary school's parent association. She bought 90 m of a 65% polyester / 35% cotton brushed-back fleece at a good price, cut the order over four days, and sewed the seams on an overlocker with polyester thread.
915 words, about 5 min3The Care Squeeze: One Household, Three Options, and an Assumption
Chidi (38) and Ifeoma (36) both work full time. They have two children, aged 9 and 4, and Chidi's father, 78, has early-stage vascular dementia and will move in next month.
1,009 words, about 5 min4Thirty Months Old and Four Days a Week: Separating Normal from Concerning
Amara is 30 months old and has been cared for at home by her mother, who is returning to work in three weeks. Amara has started settling in at a nursery, four days a week, 8.30am to 5pm.
972 words, about 5 min5Two Hundred Plates in a Park: Food Safety Under Time and Heat Pressure
A community group is preparing 200 plates of chicken and rice for an outdoor fundraising event. The forecast is 28 °C.
960 words, about 5 min