GUIDELINES FOR SUMMER PROJECTS

Introduction
Summer projects have advanced to become a requisite for a successful career in the 21 st
century. These projects provide students with a toolkit for future success, by building upon
their current interests and strengths through academic study, sports, music, and other co-
curricular activities. Not only will they develop their current skill set, but they will also have
the opportunity to venture into new fields and take on novel challenges. Students will gain
soft skills such as collaboration, leadership, and independent thinking. These are highly
sought-after qualities and will be looked on favourably when they step out of the school
system for higher education and even sharpen their employability skills.

These projects will ensure that the students benefit from all of this whilst thoroughly enjoying
themselves. Moreover, it is known that students are engaged in school and studies when
learning is personal. Personalized project-based learning takes students' interests, strengths,
challenges, goals, and more into consideration when planning learning experiences over the
course of a session.

The School Education Department, West Bengal (SED) has planned to design summer projects
for all students from class 5 to 12. These projects will be determined according to the interests
and level of students. Moreover, the Department and other stakeholders have conceptualized
these projects keeping in mind the school syllabus so that students get a more hands-on
approach to concepts and there is knowledge deepening.

Objectives
• Students are encouraged to step out into the world outside school to gain more
confidence, and employability skills
• Students acquire 4 Cs for 21st century education: Critical thinking, Creativity,
Collaboration, Communication
• Collaboration between Government and non-Government stakeholders to create
opportunities for these projects

Expected Outcomes
▪ Schools are equipped to hand-hold students while they access these summer projects
▪ Teachers are capacitated to support students to access these summer projects
Students evaluate their likes and dislikes and acquire life skills
▪ Lesser incidences of season migration of students to accompany parents in job sites

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 ▪ Increased retention and attendance in schools

The guidelines for these summer projects will be class wise and designed thematically.
Schools have the autonomy to decide details of activities as per the availability around them
and needs of the students.

Classes 5 and 6

Activities:
‘Know your surroundings’ or ‘One with nature’

Salient Features

• Activities will be designed by selected teachers based on discussions with Head of

Institutions and subject teachers
• Students will learn to understand and appreciate nature
• Creating environmentally conscious citizens
• Teachers will orient the students on the expectation and outcome from the projects
and how to go about it
• Activities can include, supervised hands-on experiments, observations and
documentation, research and documentation projects, creative writing, and others
• Students will be given 5-7 days to complete the project after which they will submit
the assignment to the teacher in-charge, as decided by the Head of Institute
• Assignment will be graded in line with the formative (F2) assessment as mentioned in
the PEACOCK Model

Classes 7 and 8

Visit to Vocational Institutes, Polyhouses, Science Centres, Various skill activities

Salient Features

• Exposure to various life-skills

• Appreciation for different occupations
• Selected subject teachers as identified by the HOI will design the activity for the
students
• HOI will identify possible Institutes/ centres where students can spend 5 - 7 days
• HOI and nodal teacher will coordinate and communicate with the institutes/ centres
• Location of institutes/ centres should be within 3kms from the school
• HOI to organize a meeting to parents to explain the importance of summer projects
and the need to allow their wards to spend the those days in this project
• Nodal teacher will develop specific assignment for students
• Hosting institute/ centre will also share their individual feedback on the students’
performance (based on specific format)
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 • Activities can include process documentation, support to a unit, etc.
• Students will be given 5-7 days to complete the project after which they will submit
the assignment to the teacher in-charge, as decided by the Head of Institute
• Assignment will be graded in line with the formative (F2) assessment as mentioned in
the PEACOCK Model

Classes 9 and 10

5-7 days assignment in local Libraries, Colleges , Vocational Institutes, Hospitals, Banks and
Corporate bodies, Municipalities and corporation, Industries, Local artisan, Handicrafts,
Cottage industries, Academic and research institutes etc.
Salient Features
• Exposure to various life-skills and professions
• Honing employability skills
• Appreciation for different occupations
• Selected subject teachers as identified by the HOI will design the activity for the
students
• HOI will identify possible Institutes/ centres where students can spend 5-7 days (as
per the list provided in the Banglar Shikha portal and their requirements)
• HOI and nodal teacher will coordinate and communicate with the institutes/ centres
• HOI to organize a meeting to parents to explain the importance of summer projects
and the need to allow their wards to spend the 5-7 days in this project
• Nodal teacher will develop specific assignment for students in consultation with The
Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Kolkata (CSSSC) in line with the curriculum of the
WBBSE
• Hosting institute/ centre will also share their individual feedback on the students’
performance (based on a specific format)
• Activities can include process documentation, support to a unit, other paper work
suitable for students etc.
• Students will be given 5-7 days to complete the project after which they will submit
the assignment to the teacher in-charge, as decided by the HOI
• Assignment will be graded in line with the assessment system followed in schools
• Implemented in collaboration with by CSSSC through the Banglar Siksha Portal

Classes 11 and 12

Science, Social Sciences & Commerce: Diploma & Degree Colleges, Research Centres,
Sericulture, Textile Centres, Different NGOs, Court, Police Station, Post Office, Banks, Cyber
Centres etc.

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Salient Features

• Exposure to various life-skills and professions that will help students in determining
their career paths
• Honing employability skills
• Selected subject teachers as identified by the HOI will design the activity for the
students
• HOI will identify possible Institutes/ centres where students can spend 5-7 days (as
per the list provided in the Banglar Shikha portal and their requirements)
• HOI and nodal teacher will coordinate and communicate with the institutes/ centres
• HOI to organize a meeting to parents to explain the importance of summer projects
and the need to allow their wards to spend the 5-7 days in this project
• Nodal teacher will develop specific assignment for students as per the Guidelines
developed by WBBSE and WBHSCE
• Hosting institute/ centre will also share their individual feedback on the students’
performance (based on a specific format)
• Activities can include process documentation, support to a unit, other paper work
suitable for students etc.
• Students will be given 5-7 days to complete the project after which they will submit
the assignment to the teacher in-charge, as decided by the HOI
• Assignment will be graded in line with the assessment system followed in schools

Implementation Plan:
While Educational Administrators will play a direct role in the implementation of this
initiative, the following committees will be set up to monitor and supervise to ensure smooth
implementation of the initiative:

Block Level Committee (Rural areas)

• Block Development Officer - Chairperson

• I/C or O/C of Police Stations - Member
• SIs or AIs of Schools - Member - Convenor

Sub-Divisional Level Committee (Urban areas)

• Sub Divisional Magistrate - Chairperson

• SDPO/ ACP - Member
• ADI/ AI of schools - Member - Convenor

District Level Committee

• District Magistrate or ADM (Education) - Chairperson

• Representative of SP/ CP not below the rank of Addl. SP/DCP - Member

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 • District Education Officer, SSM - Member
• DI (Primary) - Member
• DI (Secondary) - Convenor

Timeline:
Nodal
Sl. No. Activity Stakeholders Timeline Remarks
Officer(s)
Finalisation and
issuance of
1. State By 20.03.23
Guideline to the
Districts
Formation of
ADM of
District / Sub- District level
2. concerned By 25.03.23
division / Block Officials
districts
level Committees
Collaboration with
CSSSC, IDSK, Mr.
educational/
3. JBNSTS, UNICEF Debashish By 31.03.23
research
and others Sarkar
institutions
Training
SNOs, DEOs module to be
Mr. developed by
SSM, DIS (Pr/
Orientation Debashish UNICEF in
Sec), DNOs
4. Programme by Sarkar & Mr By 15.04.23 consultation
(SSK/MSK), with other
State Chinmay
Representatives educational
Sarkar, DDSE
of SP/CP research
institutions
ADIs, SIS, AIS,
Orientation HOIs, Academic All logistic
ADM of
Programme for Supervisor, support to be
5. concerned By 20.04.23
HoIs and SIs by SSK/ MSK Head given by DEO
district SSM
District Teachers, SDPO
/ACP /IC/OC
Orientation Selected All logistic
DIS (Pr/Sec)
Programme for teachers of support to be
6. of concerned By 25.04.23
Teachers (cluster respective given by DEO
district SSM
level) schools
Sharing of school Block Level
level plan with Committees
7. HoI By 27.04.23
Block Level and all HoIs of
Committee that Block
Sharing of Block All Block Level
level plan with Committees of
8. SI By 01.05.23
Sub-divisional that Sub-
Committee division
Sharing of Sub-
District Level
9. division level plan DEO SSM By 05.05.23
Committee
with the district
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 Nodal
Sl. No. Activity Stakeholders Timeline Remarks
Officer(s)
and formation of
district level plan
Finalisation of
District Level plan
ADM, DEO SSM, ADM of
in collaboration
10. DIS (Pr/Sec), concerned By 10.05.23
with educational
DNO (SSK/MSK) district
research
institutions
Google spread
sheet to be
Sharing of district ADM of
prepared by
11. level plan with the All districts concerned By 15.05.23
the State and
State district shared with
the Districts
Google spread
During sheet to be
All Educational
Monitoring of summer prepared by
Administrators
12 summer camps in vacation (i.e. the State and
at the State and shared with
the districts 24.05.23 to
District level the SNOs and
04.06.23)
the Districts