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Following Gandhiji's Vision…

NEP-2020 is the beautifully drafted document which envisioned Gandhiji’s Nai Taleem'
Policy. Gandhiji said-
“By Education, I mean an all around drawing of the best in child and man, in body, mind
and spirit.”
The vision of Education laid down in the NEP 2020 suggests Gandhiji's ideas on Education
which are relevant even today as it attempts to bring in some key elements of ‘Nai Taleem’
into the current education system. In 1937, Mahatma Gandhi disseminated on important
idea to revamp the education system at a confererence in Wardha, Maharashtra through
‘Nai Taleem’.
In 1978, the Ministry of Education limited the role of ‘Nai Taleem’ in the form of craft- work
alone to be covered through the socially useful productive work – or SUPW. Later National
Curriculum Framework 2005 included ‘work and Education 'section, highlighting its utility
in knowledge acquisition, skills formation and value creation. And now..... The notable
changes in school education under the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 resonate
with none other than Mahatma Gandhiji's ideas of education. He wanted an education
system in which education and labour are complementary and help in eliminating
unnatural division between ‘haves’ and ‘have-nots’, rural-urban divide through equitable
balances.
The NEP 2020 brings in a new hope that Gandhiji's vision would be fulfilled.’Nai Taleem’
focussed on nurturing multiples skills in a child based on her/his interest and so is our
National Education Policy 2020. It is interesting to note that ‘Nai Taleem’ advocated
participation of the local communities as primary owner of schools and now after so
many years the NEP 2020 also talks of developing mechanism to incentivize local citizens.
Mahatma Gandhiji's view on sanitation and cleanliness and its relevance can be witnessed
in today’s World . His dream was total Sanitation for all. Gandhiji termed cleanliness next
to only godliness and rightly so. keeping this thought , the government launched the
‘Swachh Bharat Mission ' on 2nd October, 2014. The aim was to provide Sanitation facilities
to every Indian household and make the nation open defecation free.
Gandhiji requested all Indians to use handmade local products to promote ‘Made in India’
products. Now when the whole world is going through this challenging time of pandemic,
our Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has given us the slogan ‘Local is Vocal’ to improve
our country’s economy. He is encouraging all Indians to once again follow Gandhiji’s path to
feel enabled and empowered.
“ A man is but the product of his thoughts, what he thinks, he becomes.”

Dr. Seema Ahuja
Principal
Suraj School Sector 75
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