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Rethinking Nai Talim

Rethinking Nai Talim. School children vaccinating country chicken -ducks, West Bengal. Fruit Tree Grafting. Disinfecting Tubewells. Nai Talim vs A separate Activity Period ( SUPW / Work Education ) vs Vocational Course . Tagore

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Rethinking Nai Talim

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  1. Rethinking NaiTalim

  2. School children vaccinating country chicken -ducks, West Bengal

  3. Fruit Tree Grafting

  4. Disinfecting Tubewells

  5. NaiTalim vs A separate Activity Period ( SUPW / Work Education ) vs Vocational Course

  6. Tagore 15 point Rural Reconstruction charter 1906 –Pabna Conference Sikshasatra 1924

  7. National Focus Group On “Work and Education” NCF –2005 Chair : Anil Sadgopal Why did NaiTalim fizzle out ? Separate SUPW / Work Education subject Vocational education

  8. Reconstruct the entire school curriculum from the pre-primary to senior secondary stage with a view to making productive work (and other forms of work as well, including social engagement) a pedagogic medium for knowledge acquisition, developing values and multiple-skill formation.

  9. Why did NaiTalim fizzle out ? We will know what type of education to provide , if we know what type of society we want ---Dewey ( Vasavi) INDUSTRIALISM

  10. Why re-think NaiTalim now ? Collapse of Industrialism Disruptive age ( Vasavi) Impetus for Zero growth ( Dhruv) What if ~ 25 M finish High School every year ?

  11. 75th anniversary celebrations of NaiTalim At Sevagram on 17-18 Nov 2012 Rejuvenated AnandaNiketan Renewed School Experiments all over India Pune University Colleges -- new GVS ?

  12. AzimPremji Foundation’s Mission Improve quality of rural govt school system (Just – Equitable – Sustainable – Humane Society) And its Learning in 8 years ? One outcome AzimPremji University Private university with a public purpose

  13. AzimPremji University Developmental Mission and its Dilemmas Theory and Practice What Students ? Language Problem Social Science vs ? What Faculty ? How to Reach Practitioners ?

  14. Some Features No departments Extension / Continuing Education (University Resource Centre URC) Realizing the vision in the Neighborhood Partnerships

  15. APU and NAI TALIM • What do we Plan to do ? • NaiTalimin APF schools • Critical documentation, research , action • Learning from other countries • A course in Masters ; and a specialization • Work with undergraduate colleges • Work with Rural livelihood NGOs • Network and advocacy with other universities/actors for Diversified school system

  16. Theory is when you know everything but nothing works Practice is when everything works but no one knows why In our lab , theory and practice are combined. Nothing works and no one knows why

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