Home economics is a broad subject which cut across different fields of study.
1. It helps people to think intelligently
2. It aids people to make meaningful decisions on facts of life.
3. It develops and cultivate good and healthful attitude of living.
4. It nurtures an individual in such a way that the inbuilt potentials would be unfolded and put into better use.
5. Home economics as a subject has this as a watch word "waste not, worth not" . it trains an individual to appreciate all, not to be wasteful and make something out of nothing.
6. Its basic principle is practicability, thereby teaching the individual on making use if his mental and physical abilities thereby being independent in life.
7. It tends to lay a good foundation for other subjects to be successful. It is thus a subject that touches on all aspects of man and his social, emotional and psychological needs.
Finally , it makes an individual to be fulfilled.
Areas of Home Economics :
(a) Food and Nutrition
(b) Clothing and Textiles
(c) Home Management
(d) Consumer Education
(e) Home Furnishing and interior decoration
(f) Child development and family and family relationship
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