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Nai Talim, or Basic Education, is a principle which states that knowledge and work are not separate. Mahatma Gandhi promoted an educational curriculum with the same name based on this pedagogical principle. [2] It can be translated with the phrase 'Basic Education for all'. [3] However, the concept has several layers of meaning.
Nai Talim evolved out of his experiences at the Tolstoy Farm in South Africa, and Gandhi attempted to formulate the new system at the Sevagram ashram after 1937. [164] Nehru government's vision of an industrialised, centrally planned economy after 1947 had scant place for Gandhi's village-oriented approach. [167]
It adopted the education model of Mahatma Gandhi, Nai Talim. In 1976, it was declared a Deemed University by the University Grants Commission (UGC) under Section 3 of the UGC Act, 1956. It is fully funded by the UGC. In 2006, it was renamed Gandhigram Rural Institute as per the guidelines of UGC.
The conference appointed a Basic National Education chaired by Husain (also known as the Zakir Husain committee) which was tasked with preparing the detailed scheme and syllabus for this policy. [33] The committee submitted its report in December 1937 and formulated the Wardha Scheme of Basic National Education or Nai Talim.
The daughter of a village schoolmaster, Marjorie Sykes was born in Mexborough, Yorkshire, England on 11 May 1905. [1] Sykes was nine years old when the First World War broke out, forcing a beloved teacher, who happened to be German, to leave her position.
A Pennsylvania teacher who came under fire after allegedly calling a Palestinian-American middle schooler a "terrorist" in front of other pupils has resigned, school officials said.
The English Education Act 1835 was a legislative Act of the Council of India, gave effect to a decision in 1835 by Lord William Bentinck, then Governor-General of the British East India Company, to reallocate funds it was required to spend on education and literature in India.
NIRMAN is a learning process based on Nai Talim way of education introduced by Mahatma Gandhi. It believes in problem based learning instead of classroom based learning. [30] NIRMAN initiative is providing a common platform for youth to engage, self-educate and decide on how they can make a difference to the society.