GANDHIJI’S NAI TALIM

Nai Talim:

• Nai Talim is a principle promoted by Mahatma Gandhi which states that knowledge and work are not separate. Rather experiential learning or learning by doing is one the most effective methods.
  
  
• to him, it is a holistic approach of developing body, mind and soul (hand, head and heart), by making a productive art, craft or community engagement activity as the centre of learning.
  
  
• This was similar to what Confucius had said, “I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand”.
  
  

Recent initiative:

• The book contains:
  • basic principles of Gandhiji’s Nai Talim and
    
    
  • Work and Education curriculum for Schools, D.Ed, B.Ed and Faculty Development Programmes for teachers.
    
    
  
  
  
• This book and this project are a joint effort of Mahatma Gandhi National Council of Rural Education (MGNCRE), State Councils of Educational Research and Training (SCERTs) along with the universities in the country.
  
  
• This curriculum was brought out simultaneously in 13 languagese., Assamese, Tamil, Bengali, Odiya, Kannada, Malayalam, Punjabi, Marathi, Telugu, Gujarati, Urdu, Hindi and English.