NEP, 2020 and ‘NAI Taleem’

National Council of Educational Research and Training Nai Talim

Literacy is not the end of education nor even the beginning. It is only one of the means by which one can be educated.

‘I would therefore begin the child’s education by teaching it a useful handicraft and enabling it to produce from the moment it begins its training‘. ~ Mahatma Gandhi NAI TALIM • In 1937, Mahatma Gandhi seeded an important idea to revamp the education system, at a conference in Wardha, Maharashtra through Nai Talim.

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 Every student will take a fun course, during Grades 6-8, that gives a survey and hands-on experience of a sampling of important vocational crafts, such as carpentry, electric work, metal work, gardening, pottery making, etc., as decided by States and local communities and as mapped by local skilling needs.  A practice-based curriculum for Grades 6-8 will be appropriately designed by NCERT while framing the NCFSE 2020-21.  All students will participate in a 10-day bagless period sometime during Grades 6-8 where they intern with local vocational experts such as carpenters, gardeners, potters, artists, etc.  Similar internship opportunities to learn vocational subjects may be made available to students throughout Grades 6-12, including holiday periods.  Vocational courses through online mode will also be made available. NEP, 2020 To overcome the social status hierarchy associated with vocational education, integration of vocational education programmes into mainstream education in all education institutions is in a phased manner is required. This would lead to emphasizing the dignity of labour and importance of various vocations involving /Indian arts and artisanship. NEP, 2020 Education Policy lays particular emphasis on the development of the creative potential of each individual. It is based on the principle that education must develop not only cognitive capacities - both the ‘foundational capacities ’of literacy and numeracy and ‘higher-order’ cognitive capacities, such as critical thinking and problem solving – but also social, ethical, and emotional capacities and dispositions. Nai Talim For this, we need to educate our brain through hand. Learning by doing gives us a joyful feeling and holds our attention fully. Thank You!