An on-the-spot Work Experience item in which a child makes a door mat from coir, judged on workload, skill, materials knowledge and marketability.
Coir, the fibre from the husk of the coconut, is one of Kerala’s best-known products. A coir door mat is made by weaving or tufting the fibre into a firm mat, then trimming it.
In the Kerala School Sasthrolsavam Work Experience Fair (Pravrutthiparichayamela) it is an on-the-spot item for individual entrants, open to girls and boys at Lower Primary (classes 1-4), Upper Primary (classes 5-7), High School (classes 8-10) and Higher Secondary/VHSE (classes 11-12). Each child works alone for a fixed period at the venue, with the product then displayed for viewing at the district and state stages. Children at every level enter, with the same four-line score sheet applied throughout; judges simply expect more finish, accuracy and technical understanding from older entrants.
A child prepares and twists fibre, works it into a base on a small loom or frame, keeps the density even, and trims and finishes the edges. Judges watch the evenness of the surface and the strength of the weave.
Every Work Experience item uses the fair’s single shared score sheet: the workload and the child’s own contribution carry 40 marks, skill and completeness 25, knowledge of raw materials and tools 20, and social utility, speciality and marketability 15. For coir door mats, that means working the fibre yourself earns the workload marks, a dense, even and well-edged mat shows skill, knowledge of coir and tools shows understanding, and a mat suitable for sale earns the utility marks.
Where Coir Door Mats is run
This item is part of the official Kerala School Sasthrolsavam Work Experience Fair (Pravrutthiparichayamela), one of the five fairs of the Kerala state school Sasthrolsavam, and is installed on eTalenter through the Work Experience Fair template built from the official item list and evaluation indicators. It runs at LP/UP/HS/HSS/VHSE level and moves from school and sub-district upward by grade. This page describes the Kerala format only.
- Kerala, India
Key facts
- Individual on-the-spot item, girls and boys.
- Offered at LP/UP/HS/HSS/VHSE.
- Workload and own contribution 40, skill and completeness 25, knowledge of materials and tools 20, social utility and marketability 15.
- Product: a coir door mat.
- Even density and neat edges are observed.
- The finished product is displayed for public viewing at later stages.
On eTalenter, Coir Door Mats is filed under Off Stage and typically scored with Marks. It appears in 1 ready-made event templates — each one can adjust its time limit, age-group assignment and scoring setup independently.
Across the templates that use it, Coir Door Mats is most often entered as an Individual competition, typically scored out of 100.
What judges look at in Coir Door Mats
What a Coir Door Mats panel is actually weighing up, and where the marks are usually won or lost:
- Workload and the child’s own contribution (40): fibre prepared and worked by the child.
- Skill and completeness (25): even, dense surface with trimmed edges.
- Knowledge of raw materials and tools (20): knows coir, its extraction and the tools.
- Social utility, speciality and marketability (15): a durable mat that could be sold.
Treat these as the judging focus, not a fixed rubric: publish your own weighted criteria for Coir Door Mats under Scoring Setup, or start from the judging and scoring software guide.
How to prepare for Coir Door Mats
How entrants and their teachers usually get Coir Door Mats right on the day:
- Practise twisting fibre into even yarn.
- Keep the weave tension consistent.
- Trim with a sharp scissor for a clean surface.
- Choose a simple pattern.
- Learn how coir is made from the husk.
- Bring a brush for tidying the finished mat.
- Idea to try: a mat with a two-colour border
- Idea to try: a round mat
- Idea to try: a mat with a simple stripe
Ready-made event templates that include Coir Door Mats
Open any template to preview it in eTalenter and install it as a live, editable event.
| Template | Category | Score label | Competitions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kerala School Sasthrolsavam – Work Experience Fair | Off Stage | Marks | 4 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Coir Door Mats judged individually or as a team?
Across eTalenter’s templates it’s most often run as an Individual entry, though an organiser can set either participation type when assigning the item to an age group.
Is the loom provided?
Read the event notice for equipment.
Can I dye the fibre?
Check the rules for permitted materials.
Is Coir Door Mats a team or individual item?
Individual. Each child makes their own product, and the fair’s rule is one item per participant.
How is Coir Door Mats scored?
On the fair’s shared four-line sheet: workload and own contribution 40, skill and completeness 25, knowledge of materials and tools 20, social utility and marketability 15.
Want the full judging picture? Read the judging and scoring software guide, or browse every off stage competition item.
Try Coir Door Mats in eTalenter
See every ready-made template that runs Coir Door Mats, and install one as a live event — age groups, rules and scoring included.
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