Wardha scheme of basic education
Also called: Nai Talim · Topic: The National Movement: Gandhian Era · NCERT: Beyond NCERT
Meaning
The Wardha scheme of basic education, also called Nai Talim ("new education"), was Gandhi's plan for schooling. Children would learn through a productive craft such as spinning, and they would be taught in their mother tongue. The idea was that education should help children support themselves and link learning to everyday work. It was adopted at the Wardha conference in 1937. A committee under Zakir Hussain worked out the syllabus (the list of what would be taught).
Example
At the Wardha education conference in October 1937, Gandhi's plan was accepted. Under it, a craft like spinning or weaving would be at the centre of the lessons for each child.
Don't confuse with
- Wardha CWC meeting (14 July 1942): a meeting of the Congress Working Committee at Wardha that prepared the Quit India resolution. It had nothing to do with education.
Related concepts
- Provincial elections of 1937
- Congress ministries 1937-39
- Congress Socialist Party
- Haripura session 1938
- Tripuri crisis 1939
- Forward Bloc
- Second World War
- Lord Linlithgow
- Resignation of Congress ministries
- Day of Deliverance 1939