CBSE Class 11 Entrepreneurship Syllabus

PROJECT WORK
Students have to do TWO projects in the entire academic session.
Assessment details for the project work:
o 10 Marks each for 02 Projects
o 5 Marks for Numerical Assessment
o 5 marks for Viva Voce

TOPICS FOR THE PROJECT:
1. Visit of the District Industries Centre and prepare a report of activities and programs
undertaken by them
2. Conduct a case study of any entrepreneurial venture in your nearby area.
3. Field Visit: Visit any business firm near your locality; interact with the owner of the business firm and prepare a field report on parameters like: type of business, scale of business,product/service dealing in, target customer, problems faced and measures to solve the faced challenges.
4. Learn to Earn
5. Know your State Handicraft and Handlooms as a means of economic activity for the livelihood of people and intellectual property rights attached to them for the promotion of local specific skills.

1. The objectives of the project work:

Objectives of project work are to enable learners to:
- probe deeper into personal enquiry, initiate action and reflect on knowledge and skills, views etc. acquired during the course of class XI-XII.
- analyse and evaluate real world scenarios using theoretical constructs and arguments
- demonstrate the application of critical and creative thinking skills and abilities to produce an independent and extended piece of work
- follow up aspects in which learners have interest
- develop the communication skills to argue logically

2. Role of the teacher:
The teacher plays a critical role in developing thinking skills of the learners. A teacher should:
- help each learner select the topic after detailed discussions and deliberations of the topic;
- play the role of a facilitator to support and monitor the project work of the learner through periodic discussions;
- guide the research work in terms of sources for the relevant data;
- ensure that students must understand the relevance and usage of primary evidence and other sources in their projects and duly acknowledge the same;
- ensure that the students are able to derive a conclusion from the content; cite the limitations faced during the research and give appropriate references used in doing the research work.
- educate learner about plagiarism and the importance of quoting the source of the information to ensure authenticity of research work.
- prepare the learner for the presentation of the project work.
- arrange a presentation of the project file.

3. Steps involved in the conduct of the project:
Students may work upon the following lines as a suggested flow chart:
Choose a title/topic
                  ↓
Collection of the research material/data
                  ↓
Organization of material/data
                  ↓
Present material/data
                  ↓
Analysing the material/data for conclusion
                  ↓
Draw the relevant conclusion
                  ↓
Presentation of the Project Work

4. Expected Checklist for the Project Work:
- Introduction of topic/title
- Identifying the product/service/entrepreneur
- Identify the State handicraft
- Various stakeholders and effect on each of them
- Use of different tools for market assessment and it’s analysis
- Calculation of various costs involved in the selling process
- Validity, reliability, appropriateness and relevance of data used for research work and for presentation in the project file
- Presentation and writing that is succinct and coherent in project file
- Citation of the materials referred to, in the file in footnotes, resources section, bibliography etc.

5. Viva-Voce
- At the end of the academic session, each learner will present the research work in the
Project File to the Internal examiner.
- The questions should be asked from the Research Work/ Project File of the learner.
- The Internal Examiner should ensure that the study submitted by the learner is his/her own original work.
- In case of any doubt, authenticity should be checked and verified.

Note: Students need to complete two projects. Guidelines for project are given in the CBSE Textbook.