"We have a culinary club that organizes bake-sales. We can create heritage clubs and organize exhibitions and sales for local craftsmen as well," said Sapna Sharma, history teacher at Delhi Public School, RK Puram, who attended the workshop.
Several teachers mentioned how the change in the CBSE's curriculum has made it easy for schools to integrate such activities into regular school work and many felt that it would be a good idea to have the artisans themselves come to the schools and demonstrate their work to the kids.
The idea, as Purnima Datt of Intach explained it, is to "identify craftsmen around the school or homes, study what they are doing and support them." She added that very often, some types of services aren't even recognized as craft - the ones rendered by cobblers, for instance, rafu (darning) and chik-making.
Government schools don't need to go far to find craftsmen. "I teach in a municipal school and the kids attending are from poor families. Many of them are kids of local craftsmen - cobblers, potters, leather-workers. We can invite them and have them teach their craft. These can be the projects kids do as part of the CBSE-prescribed formative assessment instead of running internet searches for biographies," said Kapil Gahlot, teacher at Nigam Pratibha Vidyalaya, Baprola Village.
Shikha's (she doesn't use a last name) students at the municipal school in Hastal Village, near Vikaspuri, alerted her to the craft of making the Ravana-Kumbhkarna-Indrajeet trio for Dussehra. "They were so excited, we toured the place where these effigies were being put together," she said.
There's no limit on the number of crafts a school chooses to protect. Intach's job is to put them in touch with organizations that can help with information and advice. On board are Craft Revival Trust, Craft Council of India and Happy Hands Foundation.
An 'Adopt a Craft' manual - essentially, a handbook - has been created by Intach to help the kids figure out how to proceed. Students will also study the social and economic conditions in which the craftsperson operates.
While this is part of the documentation process, Datt says Adopt a Craft involves a "long-term involvement." The manual suggests that students get NGOs involved, publicize the craft, organize "craft promotion programmes" and dedicate a page on the school website to the adopted craft.
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