Javadekar launches book and curriculum on Gandhiji's Nai Talim
New Delhi, Sep 5 : Union HRD Minister Prakash Javadekar on Wednesday launched a book titled 'Experiential Learning -- Gandhiji's Nai Talim' to mark the Teachers Day. He also released latter's curriculum on experiential learning in 13 languages.
'Nai Talim' or basic education is a principle promoted by Mahatma Gandhi which states that knowledge and work are not separate.
The Minister hailed Gandhiji's Nai Talim and said a special effort was being made on schools and teacher education in the areas of work education and experiential learning.
According to the ministry, the book contains basic principles of Gandhiji's Nai Talim (our notes and interpretations), along with the work and education curriculum for Schools, D.Ed, B.Ed and faculty development programmes for teachers.
The curriculum was brought out in 13 languages -- Assamese, Tamil, Bengali, Odiya, Kannada, Malyalam, Punjabi, Marathi, Telugu, Gujarati, Urdu, Hindi and English. It was done in consultation with the state councils of educational research and training along with the universities in the country.
Under the Ministry of Human Resource Development, the book and the project were a joint effort of the universities in the state, state SCERT and Mahatma Gandhi National Council of Rural Education (MGNCRE), it said.
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Power bank catches fire inside stationary IndiGo plane at Chandigarh airport; all evacuated
New Delhi (PTI): The power bank of a passenger onboard a stationary IndiGo aircraft caught fire at the Chandigarh airport on Tuesday, and all passengers and the crew were evacuated, according to a source.
In a statement, the airline said that when IndiGo flight 6E 108 from Hyderabad to Chandigarh was stationary after landing, an incident involving a customer's personal electronic equipment catching fire was reported.
"In the interest of safety, an immediate evacuation was carried out, and all the relevant authorities were immediately informed. All customers have been safely moved to the terminal and are being attended to by the team to ensure their well-being," the statement said.
The source said that soon after the aircraft landed, there was smoke coming from one of the overhead bins and all onboard were evacuated.
The smoke was due to the power bank catching fire, the source said, adding that no one sustained major injuries.
Details about the number of passengers could not be ascertained.
