An on-the-spot Work Experience item at High School and Higher Secondary/VHSE in which a student builds an original working model.
Innovative Working Model asks a student to build an original working model that does something useful: a hand-powered device, a simple machine or a labour-saving tool.
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 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. It is an item for the older levels, so judges expect precise workmanship and a clear understanding of materials and tools.
The student plans the mechanism, selects materials, builds and tests the model and explains it. Judges look at originality, working function and finish.
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 innovative working model, that means building it yourself earns the workload marks, a smoothly working mechanism shows skill, explaining materials, tools and principles shows knowledge, and a practical idea earns the utility marks.
Where Innovative Working Model 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 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 HS/HSS/VHSE.
- Workload and own contribution 40, skill and completeness 25, knowledge of materials and tools 20, social utility and marketability 15.
- Product: an original working model.
- The model must function.
- The finished product is displayed for public viewing at later stages.
On eTalenter, Innovative Working Model 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, Innovative Working Model is most often entered as an Individual competition, typically scored out of 100.
What judges look at in Innovative Working Model
What a Innovative Working Model panel is actually weighing up, and where the marks are usually won or lost:
- Workload and the child’s own contribution (40): all building done by the student.
- Skill and completeness (25): a smoothly working, well-finished mechanism.
- Knowledge of raw materials and tools (20): explains the principle, materials and tools.
- Social utility, speciality and marketability (15): an idea that helps people at home or work.
Treat these as the judging focus, not a fixed rubric: publish your own weighted criteria for Innovative Working Model under Scoring Setup, or start from the judging and scoring software guide.
How to prepare for Innovative Working Model
How entrants and their teachers usually get Innovative Working Model right on the day:
- Choose a problem and sketch a solution.
- Build a trial version first.
- Test it repeatedly.
- Use simple, strong materials.
- Prepare a clear explanation.
- Practise answering ‘why this design?’.
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Ready-made event templates that include Innovative Working Model
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| Template | Category | Score label | Competitions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kerala School Sasthrolsavam – Work Experience Fair | Off Stage | Marks | 2 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Innovative Working Model 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.
How is it different from Science Working Model?
This one is judged on the Work Experience sheet, emphasising your own workload and marketability.
Does it need to be new?
Originality earns the speciality marks.
Is Innovative Working Model a team or individual item?
Individual. Each child makes their own product, and the fair’s rule is one item per participant.
How is Innovative Working Model 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.
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