ISC Class 12 Home Science Syllabus 2025-26: Download Class 12th Syllabus PDF For FREE

Food Preparation

• Principles of cooking; Methods of cooking (dry and wet/moist methods of cooking), and reasons for cooking; advantages and disadvantages of various methods employed in cooking. Some technologies used in cooking

• Preliminary treatment of foods before cooking

• Culinary terms

• Effects of cooking on food components

• Methods of increasing the nutritive value of foods

Meal Planning for the Family

• Objectives of meal planning. Nutritional adequacy: Self-explanatory

• Factors affecting food selection: An understanding of how food consumption varies from one family to another; how food is selected by families is affected by various factors such as age, occupation, gender, physiological conditions, personal likes and dislikes, tradition, seasonal availability, economic considerations, religious beliefs, family size and composition

• Meal planning for various age groups: An understanding of the nutritional needs of pre-school children, school-age children, adolescents, adults and the elderly. Making meal plans for these age groups based on their nutritional requirements and the RDAs

• Eating disorders; developing good food habits: An understanding of the following: (a) Anorexia nervosa (b) Bulimia, (c) Binge eating disorder or obesity; ways to control the above eating disorders. Developing good food habits: importance of breakfast, following regular meal patterns, avoiding junk food and skipping meals; Food fads – meaning and examples

• Special diets: Meaning and types; factors to be kept in mind while preparing special diets for: fever (of short duration), diarrhoea, diabetes, obesity, and hypertension. A day’s menu plan for each of the above

Resource Management

• Savings and Investments: Importance of savings and investments.  

• Avenues and schemes for savings and investments offered by different financial institutions: Banks, the Post Office

Consumer Education 

• Consumer Protection: Importance of consumer education; rights and responsibilities of the consumer; advantages of consumer education. Consumer Protection Act (2019) - salient features

• Consumer aids: Standard Marks, Labels, Role of advertisements and their impact

• Problems faced by consumers: Price variation, hoarding and black marketing, unfair means of measurement, misleading advertisements, deceptive packaging, sale of sub-standard goods, Food adulteration: Definition of food adulteration as stated in Prevention of Food Adulteration Act (PFA); common adulterants present in food stores - stones, dust, dirt, argemone seeds and oil, metanil yellow, kesari dal, toxic colours, chicory powder and starch and their effects

Human Development

• Physical development: Physical Development during puberty and adolescence: role of the endocrine system - changes in body proportions and their effects; early and late maturers; influence of sports and exercise on physical fitness

• Cognitive development: Stages of cognitive development

• Social and emotional development: Influences on adolescents- Family parents, grandparents, siblings; Family and socialisation; patterns of parenting; development of gender roles and stereotypes. − School and teachers: role of school and teachers in the social and emotional development of the adolescent. − Peers: development of peer relationships (positive and negative influences).

• Issues and concerns of adolescents: Peer pressure, substance abuse (meaning, symptoms and treatment), sexual abuse; anger management, depression and suicidal tendencies. Career preparation. Influence of social media. 

• Perspectives on Adulthood: Adulthood meaning and dimensions; Stages (Early adulthood, Middle adulthood, Late adulthood/ old age)

Traditional Textiles

• Traditional textiles: Classification - embroidered, woven, dyed, printed and painted.  

• Embroidered textiles: Chikankari, Phulkari, Kashidakari, Kantha, Kasuti, Kutch Kathaiwar - origin, thread, colour, fabric, stitches, motifs, products

• Woven textiles: Baluchari, Chanderi, Kanjeevaram, Banarasi, Jamdani, Kani shawls - origin, characteristics, care and storage: origin, yarn, colours, motifs, products

• Dyed: Bandhini, Patola, Ikat - origin, fibre or fabric, colours, motifs, products

• Printed and painted: Kalamkari, Madhubani, Bagh, Dabu (Sanganer-Baghru print) - origin, technique, fabric, colours, motifs, products

Communication and Extension

Water safety: Importance of potable drinking water for good health; simple methods of making water safe for drinking: boiling, filtering (traditional and modern technology), use of alum and chlorine

• Some National Programmes for Community Development- Scope and salient features of the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan and the Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS)

ISC Class 12 Home Science Syllabus 2025-26: Download Class 12th Syllabus PDF For FREE

The Planning Session: Candidates will be required to plan a balanced menu during the Planning Session, on any one of the two given options. 

The Examination Session:

• Candidates will be required to cook any two dishes from the menu planned during the Planning Session

• Candidates would also need to display the dishes prepared with a suitable table layout

• Additionally, candidates will be required to design and develop a suitable label for a food item from one of the two given options. Candidates will be assessed on the design and content of the label.

Theory Paper

70 marks

Practical Work

20 Marks

Project Work

7 Marks

Practical File

3 Marks

Total

100