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Agriculture & Gardening
A working micro-farm
Soil testing, grafting and budding, drip irrigation, hydroponics, vermicomposting, organic fertiliser preparation and nursery management with real garden tools.
A Composite Skill Lab (CSL) is a single, multi-purpose facility where CBSE students learn skills by doing — operating real tools, following real workflows and building real products. Techvein plans, equips and commissions the whole thing.
A Composite Skill Lab is a dedicated, multi-purpose skill-education facility that CBSE-affiliated schools set up to deliver hands-on vocational learning, in line with NEP 2020 and CBSE's skill-education framework. Rather than building a separate lab for every skill subject, a single CSL brings several skill sectors together in one space. Every kit, tool list and layout follows CBSE's Composite Skill Lab Guidelines (Annexure 1).
CBSE organises skill education around three fundamental Forms of Work — and a Composite Skill Lab is structured so no student misses any of them.
Students grow, nurture, measure and produce — from soil testing, grafting and drip irrigation to food preparation, hygiene and kitchen operations.
Students assemble, repair, build, code, design and create — electronics circuits, computer applications, vehicle servicing, garment design, woodwork and digital media.
Students learn service delivery, care and customer-facing operations — health monitoring, retail management, grooming and wellness services, and financial literacy.
Deliberately balanced — two compulsory Life Forms sectors, two choices each from Machines and Human Services, plus safety.
Agriculture & Gardening and Food Production — in every lab.
+Any two of seven — electronics, IT, automotive, apparel, media, telecom, woodwork.
+Any two of four — healthcare, retail, beauty & wellness, BFSI.
+Compulsory in every lab, whichever sectors you choose.
+Optional AI-ready infrastructure that future-proofs the lab.
Two sectors are special by design: Telecom and BFSI are recognised skill choices that need no dedicated equipment list — CBSE delivers Telecom through the electronics and IT infrastructure, and BFSI through the computers and smartphones already in the lab.
Students don't read about the work. They operate the tools, follow the workflow and build the product.
Thirteen CBSE sectors. Filter by Form of Work to see what a lab can include.
Soil testing, grafting and budding, drip irrigation, hydroponics, vermicomposting, organic fertiliser preparation and nursery management with real garden tools.
Food preparation and preservation, weighing and measuring, cooking on standard equipment, food safety and hygiene practice with aprons, caps and first-aid.
Breadboarding, soldering, sensors (temperature, motion, ultrasonic, gas), microcontrollers (Arduino, ESP32), motors and drivers, displays and complete project builds.
Modern desktops with productivity software, coding platforms (Scratch, code.org) and design applications, sized for whole-class digital literacy and IT skills.
A real vehicle to work on, complete hand-tool sets, precision gauges, battery charging and a service workbench with hydraulic ramp.
Pattern making, cutting and stitching, embroidery, fabric dyeing, illustration and mood boards, with sewing machines and full consumable kits.
Graphics workstations, pen tablets, camera, lighting and green screen, audio recording and industry-standard open-source software for animation, video and game development.
Sawing, planing, filing, drilling and finishing with benches, vises and powered tools, under mandatory safety provisions.
Telecom skills delivered by leveraging the electronics and IT infrastructure already in the lab.
BP monitoring, pulse oximetry, glucometry, CPR training on a mannequin, growth measurement, first aid and hygiene protocols with record-keeping practice.
Gondolas and shelving, dummy products, barcode scanning, POS billing, receipt printing, weighing, signage and merchandising practice.
Skin and hair care stations, facial steaming, manicure and pedicure, hair styling with professional chairs and mirrors, and salon hygiene practice.
Banking workflows, insurance basics and digital payments — delivered through the computers and smartphones already present in the lab.
Genuine practical depth across several skill subjects without a separate lab for each.
Built to CBSE's own guidelines, so it supports your skill subjects and examinations directly.
Vocational exposure, dignity of labour and entrepreneurial thinking from the middle grades onward.
Choose the sectors that match your region, your students' aspirations and the infrastructure you already have.
Fire extinguisher, first-aid, gloves, aprons, rubber matting and sand bucket in every lab.
Computing hardware capable of machine-learning workloads, cutting across every sector.
Guidance aligned to the CBSE structure and your school's context.
Equipment supplied to CBSE Annexure 1 tool lists for every sector you choose.
Mandatory safety provisioning, plus optional AI-ready infrastructure.
Support from first layout through to a working, handed-over lab.
Agriculture & Gardening and Food Production are compulsory. You then choose any two Machines & Materials sectors and any two Human Services sectors. The safety kit is compulsory regardless.
No. CBSE's guidelines deliver Telecom through the lab's electronics and IT infrastructure, and BFSI through the computers and smartphones already present.
No — it is optional and cross-cutting. CBSE encourages AI-ready infrastructure capable of machine-learning-friendly workloads to future-proof the lab.
Yes — that's the point of the modular design. We help you pick the sectors that match your region, student aspirations and existing infrastructure.
Tell us your grades, space and preferred sectors — we'll come back with a CBSE-compliant lab plan and equipment list.