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Nai Talim gets nationwide boost
September 5, 2018 is a red-letter day in the annals of the Mahatma Gandhi National Council for Rural Education. For, on this day the administration in most of the 36 States/Union Territories across the country had a very special item on the agenda for the main Teacher’s Day function: the release of ‘Experiential Learning: Gandhiji’s Nai Talim’, a book brought out by MGNCRE in 13 major Indian languages for the first time post Independence. In some States/UTs, the book was released on September 8 – Literacy Day.
Governors, chief ministers, deputy chief ministers, education ministers as well as top-level administrators of education departments formally released the book, as part of the nationwide movement in educational institutions to promote Nai Talim, Work Education, Experiential Learning and Community Engagement in the run-up to Mahatma Gandhi’s 150th birth anniversary celebrations.
Gandhiji’s Nai Talim or basic education is a holistic approach of developing body, mind and soul (hands, head and heart) by making a productive art, craft or community engagement activity the centre of learning. He said “By education I mean an all-round drawing out of the best in the child and man -- body, mind and spirit”. MGNCRE, on its part, has been making special efforts with regard to school and teacher education in the areas of work education and experiential learning through the education departments of Universities, Central and State governments as well as SCERTs. It conducted National Consultation Workshops and Seminars, involving Universities, SCERTs and NCERT, prior to finalization of the draft curriculum presented in the book.
The book contains the basic principles of Gandhiji’s Nai Talim, along with Work Education curriculum for schools, D Ed and B Ed, Master Trainer Development Programme and Faculty Development Programme. It will be the mainstay of MGNCRE in its programme to cover progressively 25 crore students of educational institutions at different levels in the country, involving 80 lakh primary school teachers and 20 lakh secondary school teachers, spread over 17.5 lakh primary schools and 2.5 lakh secondary schools.
It is heartening to note that the period 26th September to October 2nd was celebrated as Nai Talim Week, with students and faculty members in educational institutions across the country taking forward Nai Talim. This issue highlights the launch functions in various States and Union Territories as well as vignettes of the ensuing Workshops, Master Trainers Development Programmes and Faculty Development Programmes, capturing for posterity some of the finest moments of MGNCRE.
Dr W G Prasanna Kumar Chairman MGNCRE
Message Tipping Point
There is always a tipping point in the history of NCC and NSS units, would have a band of volunteers who organizations that are focused on growth, after having laid are willing, robust, equipped and energized to herald a strong foundation. Once that point is reached, there is change in rural areas and temper lifestyle changes in no looking back. We at MGNCRE seem to have reached urban areas. this crucial point of inflection, at which growth is bound to gather momentum in the years ahead. Nai Talim, Experiential Learning, Work Education or Community Engagement will then be the common thread The overwhelming response to the launch of ‘Experiential that runs through a much-needed system of education that Learning: Gandhijis Nai Talim’, module containing draft is based on values and simultaneously fosters physical, curriculum developed by MGNCRE through national psychological and spiritual dimensions of human beings workshops, seminars and consultations across the country, in community-centric living. on Teacher’s Day/Literacy Day this year gives us hope that the day is not far when every school/college will have a Dr Bharat Pathak full-fledged Nai Talim wing. This Nai Talim wing, like Vice-Chairman MGNCRE
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Chief Minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu at CK Chhattisgarh Speaker of Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly Gauri Andhra Pradesh Convention Hall, Mangalagiri, Guntur. Education Shankar Agarwal launched the book in the presence of Minister Ganta Srinivasa Rao, Special Chief Secretary Minister of Education and Secretaries of Education of Education and Secretary of Government were present Arunachal Pradesh Goa
Tapi Gao Director SCERT Arunachal Pradesh, in the Dharmendra Sharma, Chief Secretary of Goa, and Nila presence of Governor Brigadier Misra, Dr. Madhu Rani Mohanan, Secretary of Education, in the presence of Teotia IAS Secretary (Education & SPD,SSA), Honchu G.P Bhatt, Director of Education. The book’s Ngandam Education Minister, Roshan Singh IAS introduction was given by Nagaraj Honnekari, Director, Special Secretary Education SCERT. Assam Gujarat
Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal along with Chief Minister Vijay Bhai Rupani, Cabinet Education Education Minister Siddharatha Bhattacharya, Minister Bhupendra Sinh Chudasama, State Education Minister of State for Education Pallab Lochan Das. Minister, Primary and Higher Education Minister Bibhavari Dave. Himachal Pradesh Bihar
Ramjee Singh, former Vice Chancellor, Prof. Rash Bihari Prasad Singh, Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh, Jai Ram Thakur along with Vice Chancellor, Patna University, Dr. Dolly Sinha, Pro-Vice Chancellor, Minister for Education Suresh Bhardwaj Secretary Education Patna University, Manoj Mishra, Registrar, Patna University and Dr. Dr. Arun Kumar Sharma, Director Elementary Education Dr. Manmohan Sharma, Director Higher Education Dr. Amarjeet Doris D’Souza, Professor (retd), Patna Women’s College. K. Sharma and Director SCERT Dr. Namrata Tiku
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Nai Talim Curriculum was released in Jammu and Governor of Madhya Pradesh Anandiben Patel in the Madhya Pradesh
Jammu & Kashmir Kashmir by Governor Satya Pal Malik presence of Education Minister Deepak Joshi. Maharashtra Jharkand
Education Minister with Chief Secretary in the presence of Vinod Tawde, Minister of Education, released the book along Secretary, Director of SCERT, Directors of Primary and with Vandana Krishna, Education Secretary, Vishal Solanky, Secondary Education, SPD samagradhikshabhiyan,chairman Education Commissioner, and Mahadev Jankar, Minister for of Jharkand Academic Council, all DSEs/DEDs and around Animal Husbandry, Dairy Development and Fisheries 300 teachers from Jharkhand state during the Teacher’s Day Development. Dr. Sunil Magar, Director SCERT also attended celebrations, 5th September. the book launch. Manipur Karnataka Chief Minister of Karnataka H D Kumaraswamy in the presence of Minister Chief Minister N. Biren Singh, Education Minister Th. of Primary and Secondary Education N.Mahesh, Principal Secretary Radheshyam Singh and Commissioner of Education. Education department Dr. Shalini Rajneesh, IAS, Zilla Parishad Panchayat president Muniraaju., Director,DSERT H N Gopalakrisha & Deputy Director Dr. N. Kenche Gowda Meghalaya Kerala
General Secretary of Education Kerala, A. Shajahan IAS on 5th The book was released by Governor Tathagata Roy in the September, on the occasion of Teachers Day celebration in Kerala presence of Minister of Education Lakhmen Rymbui and Secy SCERT, in the presence Kerala SCERT Director Dr. J Prasad and UNICEF disaster management curriculum development team from Education Walpeelter Roy Lingdoh Delhi.
Mahatma Gandhi National Council of Rural Education 4 Connect Release of Experiential Learning – Gandhiji’s Nai Talim Mizoram Pondicherry Esther Lal Ruatkimi, IRS, Commissioner and Secretary, Chief Minister Sri V Narayanasamy released the book School Education, Government of Mizoram, launched the in the presence of LG Kiran Bedi book on 5th September 2018 - Teachers Day. Laldawngliani Chawngthu, Director, SCERT was present. Rajasthan Nagaland
Advisor, School Education, K T Sukhalu released the Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje Scindia released the book at State Level Teacher's Day celebrations at NBCC book in the presence of Education Minister Vasudev Convention Hall. Director SCERT T. Jack Sekhose and Devnani, Principal Secretary Education Naresh Pal Joint Director were also present. Gangwar and Commissioner School Education Rajesh Sharma and other senior officers. Odisha Sikkim
Badri Narayana Patra, School and Mass Education Minister, Govt of Odisha Chief Minister of Sikkim Pawan Chamling along with in the presence of Annanta Narayan Jena, Minister of Higher Education and Industry; Pratap Jena, Minister of Health, law and I &PR, in the Ram Bahadu Subba, Minister, HRD, G.P. Upadhyaya, presence of Bhubaneswar Mayor and MLA at a private function organised IAS Special Chief Secretary to Govt. of Sikkim, on 5th by UTI at IDCOL auditorium Bhubaneswar on 5th September. September Tamil Nadu Punjab
O P Soni, Education Minister, at a function organized on the occasion of Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, Edappadi Panaliswamy released Teacher’s Day at IVY World School, Jalandhar, on September 5, 2018. the book in the presence of Deputy Chief Minister Krishan Kumar, IAS, Secretary of Education, Punjab, Inderjeet Singh, O.Paneerselvam, Director SCERT Dr. G.Arivoli and Joint Director SCERT, Punjab, Assistant Director MS Sarkariya and other senior officials of Punjab Education department were present. Director, Dr. Balamurugan.
Mahatma Gandhi National Council of Rural Education 5 Connect Release of Experiential Learning – Gandhiji’s Nai Talim Tripura Telangana Education and Dy Chief Minister Kadiyam Srihari, Dy CM Speaker of Chhattisgarh Legislative Assembly Gauri Mahmood Ali Home Minister Naini Narasimha Reddy, ex Shankar Agarwal launched the book in the presence of Union Minister Bandaru Dattatreya, Commissioner of Minister of Education and Secretaries of Education Education Dr. T Vijay Kumar, Vice Chancellors and others Uttar Pradesh Uttarakhand
Deputy Chief Minister and Education Minister Uttar Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat, School Pradesh Dr Dinesh Sharma at Lucknow University on Education Minister Arvind Panday, Higher Education September 5th 2018 in the presence of Prof. S P Singh Minister Dhan Singh Rawat with basic education VC of Lucknow University secretary Bhupender Kaur and SCERT director Seema Jaunsari MTDP West Bengal Technical Education Minister Purnendu Basu launched Five-Day Master Trainers Development Programme the book on 5th September along with State Education (MTDP) was conducted during September 14-19, 2018 Department officials in Kolkata. at SCERT, Manipur Nai Talim Week MTDP
Master Trainers Development Programme on Nai DIET lecturers involving students in activities during Nai Talim, Experiential Learning and Work Education in Talim Week from 26th September to 2nd October, 2018 schools and Teacher Education curriculum during 24th in Sohra district, Shillong to 28th September 2018
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The SCERT of Arunachal Pradesh in association with MGNCRE conducted Master Trainers Development
Programme on Experiential learing during 25th to 29th Plantation September
In Assam, DIET, Nagaon, as part of a week-long programme, conducted plantation & preservation drive 27th September 2018 Workshop
Workshop on Nai Talim, Work Education community Engagement in Teacher Education on 8th September 2018 at Gauhati University Workshop
One-day Consultative Workshop on Nai Talim Experiential Learning, Work Education and Community Engagement in School and D.Ed Curricula at SCERT, Bihar on Date: 28th September, 2018
Village visit as part of Master Trainers Development Rural Immersion Programme that began on 25th September in Raipur Work Education
Campus Cleaning Campus Cleaning during Nai Talim Week observed under the auspices of DIET in Goa on 28th September
Work demonstration on 29th September at a construction site during 2018 Nai Talim Week conducted by DIET, Sikkim
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Fount of Nai Talim Chairman W G Prasanna Kumar visited Lok Bharati Karnataka from 26 September, 2018 to 2 October, 2018 Vidyapith, which has been functioning on Nai Talim curriculum since 1953. Community Visit Work Education
A community visit conducted in collaboration with Govt. Training in first aid during Nai Talim Week observed College of Teacher Education by B Ed 2nd year students in Maharashtra along with their faculty members to Mitraniketan, Kerala in September 2018 Workshop Inauguration of State-level Workshop on Work Education and Community Engagement on 5th
Experiential Learning Learning by doing in Manipur during September 2018. The workshop was organised by Tamil Nai Talim Week Nadu Teachers Education University in collaboration with MGNCRE
Mahatma Gandhi National Council of Rural Education Department of Higher Education Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India 5-10-174, Shakar Bhavan, Ground Floor, Fateh Maidan Road, Hyderabad - 500 004 Telangana State. Tel : 040-23422112, 23212120, Fax : 040-23212114 E-mail : [email protected], Website: www.mgncre.in Editorial Team: Dr WG Prasanna Kumar Chairman MGNCRE, Dr D N Dash Assistant Director, R Murali and K Ravindra Reddy Published by Shri P Murali Manohar Member-Secretary MGNCRE
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