Home Science Grade 8 course book is based on the Competency Based Curriculum. It is tailored to meet the needs of the Grade 8 learner by providing a wide variety of age-appropriate activities to enable them to build their skills and competencies in areas such as establishing a kitchen garden at home and school, conserving food nutrients when cooking carbohydrate-rich foods, setting a table for a meal presentation, planning, preparing and presenting meals for special groups and for special occasions, constructing a garment using seams and methods of controlling fullness, cleaning the kitchen, making soft furnishings and caring for them. The skills the learner learns will enable them to build the competency of self-efficacy among other competencies which will ultimately prepare them for a successful life.