NCERT Books Class 9 Skill Education: What Is Inside the Textbook

The NCERT Books Class 9 Skill Education textbook runs 12 chapters across 216 printed pages, and the official PDF for every chapter is on this page. This is the Class 9 Skill Education textbook from NCERT’s Kaushal Vikas series, split into chapter PDFs iekv101-iekv112, and every file below is NCERT’s own copy on the official portal.

This page gives a chapter-by-chapter map of the textbook. Each entry lists the sections the chapter is divided into, the figures it carries and the pages it spans, so you can see at a glance how the chapter is organised.

Use it to decide which chapter to open first, to find the chapters built around hands-on projects, and to see where the “Assess your learning” sections appear.

Download the Official Class 9 Skill Education Book PDFs

Every file in the table below is NCERT’s own PDF, hosted on ncert.nic.in, the official portal for these textbooks. The book is split into 12 chapter PDFs (iekv101-iekv112), one per chapter, not a single combined file. Each row shows the chapter number, title, printed page range and official link.

For example, the Chapter 1 file at https://ncert.nic.in/textbook/pdf/iekv101.pdf is the Unit I agriculture foundation, so open it before you decide between Rooftop Gardening and Precision Farming.

The Class 9 Skill Education Book at a Glance

Measured from the official PDFs, this book has 12 chapters, 216 printed pages, 153 named syllabus sections and 93 verified numbered figures indexed from the textbook. Those numbers are rendered on this page by code, so you can count them in the chapter directory further down instead of taking them on trust.

• 12 chapters, each with its own official NCERT PDF (iekv101-iekv112)
• 216 printed pages across three units
• 153 named sections and 93 verified numbered figures indexed from the textbook
• Chapter study pages: the chapter-pages block below shows each chapter’s live state (Available, Drafting or Not yet built), so the published count is always current on this page

Notice the pattern: each unit opens with a framework chapter (1, 5, 9), offers two practical chapters, and closes with a short additional-vocations survey (4, 8, 12). If you are comparing books before starting, the NCERT Class 9 books hub lists the other Class 9 subjects in this directory.

NCERT Books Class 9 Skill Education: What Each Chapter Teaches

Here is what the directory’s columns count. A section is one of NCERT’s own numbered headings, for example 3.8 ‘Building a precision farming unit in school’; a figure is a numbered figure indexed from the book; a question is a question extracted from the chapter’s printed pages.

In this book the questions sit in the Assess your learning sections, and only Chapters 2, 7 and 11 have fully extracted counts: Rooftop Gardening has 4, Apparel has 4, Tourism has 7, 15 in total. The activities column reads 0 for every chapter because the book builds practical work into the sections themselves rather than into numbered activities.

Chapter 1: Unit I (pp. 1-20)

Unit I is the agriculture foundation: the agro-climatic relationship (how climate and soil decide what grows), the sequence of processes related to agricultural practices from soil testing and seed selection to organic fertilisers and pesticides, and selection of a vocation. A student starting Rooftop Gardening or Precision Farming should read this chapter first, because both practical chapters assume it.

1. Introduction (p. 6)
2. Agro-climatic relationship (p. 8)
3. Processes related to agricultural practices (p. 13)
4. Selection of vocation (p. 18)
5. While doing work related to agriculture (p. 19)
6. Assess your learning (p. 20)

With 9 named sections and 4 indexed figures across 20 pages, it is a short orientation unit. The book expects you to move quickly on to a hands-on chapter.

Chapter 2: Rooftop Gardening (pp. 21-38)

Rooftop Gardening is the hands-on build of a garden on a school roof: designing the layout, selecting materials and tools, making a Bill of Materials, pot preparation and sowing, maintenance with irrigation and plant protection, then harvesting, storage, packaging and transport. This is the chapter for students who want a project they can actually grow and harvest.

1. Introduction (p. 22)
2. Process chart (p. 22)
3. Site visit (p. 23)
4. Designing the layout (p. 24)
5. Selecting materials (p. 27)
6. Selecting tools for doing work (p. 28)
7. Making Bill of Materials (p. 28)
8. Pot preparation and sowing (p. 29)
9. Maintenance and recording growth of plants (p. 32)
10. Harvesting and storage (p. 35)
11. Packaging and transport (p. 37)

With 17 sections, 8 indexed figures and 4 extracted assess-your-learning questions, it is one of only three chapters whose question counts we have fully pulled out of the book.

Chapter 3: Precision Farming (pp. 39-60)

Precision Farming builds a controlled growing unit in school: weather data and layout, a humidity chamber, a low-tunnel, drip irrigation, soil-moisture and LDR sensors, an organic biofertiliser (LAB culture), pest management, and then harvesting, packaging and storage. It suits students interested in how data and sensors improve farming.

1. Introduction (p. 40)
2. Process chart (p. 41)
3. Site visit (p. 43)
4. Setting up a precision farming unit in school (p. 44)
5. Selecting materials (p. 46)
6. Selecting tools (p. 47)
7. Making Bill of Materials (p. 48)
8. Building a precision farming unit in school (p. 49)
9. Preparing an organic biofertiliser for nutrients (p. 55)
10. Identification and management of pests (p. 57)
11. Harvesting, packaging and storage of produce (p. 58)

With 21 sections and 11 indexed figures it is the most technology-heavy chapter in the book; no questions have been extracted from it yet.

Chapter 4: Additional Vocations (pp. 61-68)

Chapter 4 is a quick survey of three more farm-linked vocations: mushroom cultivation, backyard poultry and non-timber forest produce, each with quality parameters, safety parameters and key steps in the process. It is for choosing a vocation, not for practical training.

1. Mushroom Cultivation
2. Quality parameters
3. Safety parameters
4. Key steps in the process
5. Backyard Poultry
6. Non-Timber Forest Produce

This Additional Vocations chapter is only 8 pages long, making it one of the shortest chapters in the book. For each vocation it covers, the chapter sets out the key steps in the process, along with the quality parameters and safety parameters students should keep in mind.

Chapter 5: Unit II (pp. 69-90)

Unit II is the materials foundation: how a material is processed and transformed into a product, choosing the right material for a specific product, and the key common processes wrapped in safety protocol, taking measurements and making technical drawings. A student starting Construction or Apparel reads this chapter first.

1. Introduction (p. 74)
2. Processing material – transformation to a product (p. 76)
3. Choosing material for a specific product (p. 78)
4. Key common processes (p. 80)
5. Selection of vocation (p. 89)
6. When working with materials (p. 90)
7. Assess your learning (p. 90)

With 10 sections and 7 indexed figures across 22 pages, it plays the role for Unit II that Chapter 1 plays for Unit I: a framework chapter whose practical chapters follow.

Chapter 6: Construction (pp. 91-112)

Construction takes a small structure from technical drawing to finished product: selecting materials and tools, estimating bricks (the standard Indian brick is 190 by 90 by 90 millimetres) and mortar, minor repair and maintenance, laying bricks with alignment checks (plumb bob, spirit level), then curing, plastering and finishing.

It is the build project for students who want to work with brick and mortar.

1. Introduction (p. 92)
2. Process Chart (p. 94)
3. Site visit (p. 95)
4. Making a technical drawing of the selected structure (p. 97)
5. Selecting materials (p. 98)
6. Selecting tools (p. 100)
7. Bill of Materials (p. 101)
8. Minor repair and maintenance (p. 104)
9. Making a structure (p. 105)
10. Finishing the product (p. 109)
11. While constructing a structure (p. 111)

With 23 sections and 22 indexed figures it is the most figure-heavy chapter in the book. Watch the book’s distinction: mortar (sand, water, cement, lime, flexible) and concrete (sand, water, cement, gravel or crushed stones, stone-like when hardened) are different materials, so keep the two apart while studying.

Chapter 7: Apparel (pp. 113-132)

Apparel takes a garment from body measurement and technical drawing to finished product: selecting materials and tools, a Bill of Materials, the basics of apparel making (sewing, drafting, preparing fabric), marking and cutting fabric, sewing the product, finishing, and packaging and labelling. It suits students making a cushion cover, an apron or a child’s dress.

1. Introduction (p. 114)
2. Process chart (p. 115)
3. Site visit (p. 116)
4. Technical drawing of apparel (p. 117)
5. Selecting materials (p. 120)
6. Selecting tools (p. 121)
7. Bill of Materials (p. 121)
8. Basics of apparel making (p. 123)
9. Marking and cutting fabric (p. 127)
10. Sewing the product (p. 128)
11. Finishing the product (p. 129)

In the NCERT Class 9 Skill Education textbook, Chapter 7 — Apparel — is organised into 19 sections and includes 14 figures across pages 113–132. The chapter closes with an “Assess your learning” section of four questions to help students check their understanding.

Chapter 8: Additional Vocations (pp. 133-140)

Chapter 8 surveys three more material-based vocations: sheet metal work, food processing and furniture making, each with key words, key steps in the process, and quality and safety parameters. It is career awareness rather than a practical unit.

1. Sheet Metal Work
2. Key words
3. Key steps in the process
4. Food Processing
5. Quality parameters
6. Safety parameters
7. Furniture Making

Like Chapter 4, it has no numbered sections and no indexed figures: 8 pages of career reading between the two practical units.

Chapter 9: Unit III (pp. 141-162)

Unit III is the services foundation: developing service orientation through being centred on the user, making fair and ethical decisions, contributing to society, and organisation and teamwork, then applying service quality criteria and choosing a vocation. Students preparing for Healthcare or Tourism read this chapter first.

1. Introduction (p. 146)
2. Developing service orientation (p. 148)
3. Service quality criteria (p. 158)
4. Selection of vocation (p. 159)
5. While delivering human services (p. 160)
6. Assess your learning (p. 161)

With 10 sections and 10 indexed figures, it balances examples with criteria work. This is the template chapter that Healthcare and Tourism both follow.

Chapter 10: Healthcare (pp. 163-184)

Healthcare plans and delivers a community health camp: process chart and site visit, materials and tools, a Bill of Materials, consent, and preparation covering health parameters, home remedies, common occupational hazards and their prevention, basic emergency response and promotion.

The service itself runs on an event checklist, physical-space design, engagement with people, and feedback, cleanup and reflection. This is the chapter for students who want to run a real service event.

1. Introduction (p. 164)
2. Process chart (p. 165)
3. Site visit (p. 167)
4. Selecting materials (p. 168)
5. Selecting tools (p. 169)
6. Bill of Materials (BoM) (p. 170)
7. Consent (p. 171)
8. Preparation for the service (p. 172)
9. Providing the service (p. 178)
10. While delivering the service (p. 183)
11. Assess your learning (p. 183)

With 23 sections and 8 indexed figures it is tied for the highest section count in the book, and its template (consent, preparation, checklist, delivery, feedback) is the same one Tourism uses.

Chapter 11: Tourism (pp. 185-206)

Tourism plans and delivers a guided walk to a local site: process chart and site visit, materials and tools, a Bill of Materials, a consent form, and preparation covering a tourism map, an information brochure, a script, signages and promotion.

Delivery runs on a pre-tour checklist, engaging with tourists, and after-service follow-up. This is the chapter for students who enjoy communicating and hosting.

1. Introduction (p. 186)
2. Process chart (p. 187)
3. Site visit (p. 189)
4. Selecting materials (p. 190)
5. Selecting tools (p. 191)
6. Bill of Materials (BoM) (p. 191)
7. Consent form (p. 193)
8. Preparation for service (p. 194)
9. Delivering the service (p. 200)
10. While performing the service (p. 205)
11. Assess your learning (p. 206)

With 21 sections, nine figures and seven questions, the Tourism chapter carries more questions than any other chapter in the book, making it the best place to practise self-testing.

Chapter 12: Additional (pp. 207-216)

Chapter 12 closes the book with four more service-based vocations: event management, data-based services, interior design and public information service, each with quality parameters, safety parameters and key steps in the process. It is a final career-awareness survey for the services unit.

1. Quality parameters
2. Safety parameters
3. Key steps in the process
4. Event Management
5. Data-based Services
6. Interior Design
7. Public Information Service

It has no numbered sections and no indexed figures: a 10-page closing survey that ends Unit III and the book.

Class 9 Skill Education Chapter Study Pages

As each chapter’s study page is published, it is linked here with its current state.

A chapter marked Drafting is written but not yet public, while Not yet built means it is planned but not started. Until a page goes live, the official PDF in the download table above is the authoritative source for that chapter.

How to Study This Book

Every unit in this book repeats the same workflow, so the efficient order is: framework chapters first, then one practical chapter per unit, then self-testing.

1. Read the three framework chapters first: Chapter 1 (Unit I, pp. 1-20), Chapter 5 (Unit II, pp. 69-90) and Chapter 9 (Unit III, pp. 141-162). They teach the shared workflow every practical chapter repeats: process chart and scoping, site visit, selecting materials and tools, Bill of Materials, then the build or the service, safety notes, and assess your learning.
2. Pick one practical chapter per unit and follow its full loop once: Rooftop Gardening (Ch 2) or Precision Farming (Ch 3); Construction (Ch 6) or Apparel (Ch 7); Healthcare (Ch 10) or Tourism (Ch 11).
3. Treat Chapters 4, 8 and 12 as career-awareness reading: they list additional vocations such as mushroom cultivation, food processing and event management, and have no numbered sections of their own.
4. Self-test with the “Assess your learning” questions in Chapters 2, 7 and 11 — 15 in total. Most other chapters end with their own “Assess your learning” section; work through those prompts directly in the NCERT PDFs.
5. Keep the PDF open for figure-heavy chapters: Construction (22 indexed figures), Apparel (14) and Precision Farming (11) are far easier with the diagrams beside you.

Two mistakes are common. Students who skip the framework chapters get stuck at the Bill of Materials step, because every practical chapter assumes you know how a Bill of Materials is built. In Chapter 6, students confuse mortar with concrete, although the book treats them as different materials.

A final caution: textbook contents and the examinable syllabus are not always identical, so check the current official syllabus.

Related NCERT Resources

This listing is maintained for the 2026-27 academic session using the NCERT textbook information available to us. NCERT remains the authority for confirming the latest edition.

This page is part of the NCERT textbook directory; the links below lead to the rest of the shelf.

• All NCERT books by class and subject: the index of every NCERT title this directory covers.
• NCERT Class 9 books hub: the other Class 9 NCERT subjects sit alongside this one.

Sources and Data Verification

Every number on this page is traceable. Here is where it comes from.

• Where the figures come from: the NCERT Class 9 Skill Education textbook editions on this page, using the official chapter PDFs on ncert.nic.in (iekv101-iekv112).
• What this breakdown covers: the named sections of all 12 chapters, their figures and figure captions, and the questions listed on this page. The textbook is one part of NCERT’s Class 9 Skill Education (Kaushal Vikas) series; the wider CBSE skill-education scheme includes additional vocations and electives that schools may offer, so this page does not cover the entire scheme. Sections and figures are given for every chapter. Questions are listed for Chapters 2, 7 and 11; chapters that show no questions on this page may still carry them in their “Assess your learning” sections.
• Academic session: this listing is maintained for the current session and updates when NCERT publishes a new edition.
• Which authority settles what: NCERT settles textbooks, editions and PDFs; CBSE settles curriculum, syllabus and examinations. Textbook contents and the examinable syllabus are not always identical, so check the current official syllabus.

Reference: NCERT Class 9 Skill Education textbook, official edition on ncert.nic.in. Figure captions and section titles quoted from the textbook; page references are to the official PDF.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many chapters are in the NCERT Class 9 Skill Education book?

Twelve chapters in three units across 216 printed pages, with one official PDF per chapter. Unit I (agriculture) covers chapters 1 to 4, Unit II (materials) covers chapters 5 to 8, and Unit III (services) covers chapters 9 to 12.

Is the Class 9 Skill Education PDF free and official?

Yes: every link in the table above is NCERT’s own file hosted on ncert.nic.in, using chapter IDs iekv101-iekv112. There is no charge and no registration, and the PDFs are the same ones NCERT publishes on its official portal.

Which chapter covers rooftop gardening and precision farming?

Rooftop Gardening is Chapter 2 (pp. 21-38) and Precision Farming is Chapter 3 (pp. 39-60). Chapter 1 (pp. 1-20) gives the agriculture basics, including the agro-climatic relationship and agricultural practices, that both chapters build on.

Which chapter covers healthcare and tourism?

Healthcare is Chapter 10 (pp. 163-184) and Tourism is Chapter 11 (pp. 185-206). Chapter 9 (pp. 141-162) builds the service orientation and service quality criteria that both chapters use.

Does this book have exercise questions?

Several chapters in this NCERT textbook include an Assess your learning section, giving students a chance to revise what they have practised. For Chapters 2, 7 and 11, the questions from these sections are listed on this page — 15 in all, covering Rooftop Gardening, Apparel and Tourism.

Since the examinable syllabus may differ from the full textbook, cross-check the current official syllabus for what is expected.