BASIC NATIONAL 
                    EDUCATION
                           Report  of the 
               ZAKIR  HUSAIN  COMMITTEE
                                   and
                THE  DETAILED  SYLLABUS
                                  with 
                           a foreword  by 
                      MAHATMA  GANDHI.
                                Published
                                   by
                            The Secretary 
               HINDUSTANI  TALIMI  SANGH
                       S KG A OX,  WARDHA,  C.  P.
                                  1938.
                                NIEPA
                    First  edition—March,  1938—1000  Copies. 
                    Second  edition—August,  1938—1000  Copies. 
                    Third  edition—November,  1938—2000  Copies.
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                     The Secretary,  Hindustani  Talimi  Sangh, 
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                                 TABLE OF CONTENTS.
                                                                                                       Page.
           1.      Foreword  by  Mahatma  Gandhi                                                 ........1
           2.      Resolutions  passed  at  the  Wardha
                          National  Education  Conference                                        ......      3
           3.      Report  of  the  Zakir  Husain  Com­
                          mittee                                                                 ..........5
                            Section  I —Basic  Principles.
          1.      The  Existing  Educational  System.............  11
          2.      Mahatma  Gandhi’s  Leadership                                                ......    12
          3.      Craft  work in  Schools                                                      ......    12
          4.      Two  necessary  conditions                                                   ......    14
          5.      The  ideal  of  citizenship  implicit  in
                       the  Scheme                                                             ___  15
          6.      The self-supporting  basis  of  the
                        Scheme                                                                 ......    16
                                 Section  II.—Objectives.
                  Objectives                                                                   ___  18
          1.      The basis craft                                                              .....     19
          2.      The Mother  Tongue                                                           .....     19
          3.     Mathematics                                                                   .....     21
          4.     Social  Studies                                                               .....     22
          5.     General  Science                                                              ....      25
          6.     Drawing                                                                       .....     27
         7.      Music                                                                         .....     28
         8.      Hindustani                                                                    .....     28
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                            Section  III.— Training  of  Teachers.
                  1.     Training of  Teachers                                               .....    30
                  2.     Curriculum  for  a  complete  course
                              of  teachers’  training                                        .....     31
                  3.     Curriculum  for  a  short  course  of
                              teachers’  training                                            .....     35
                    Section  IV — Supkrvision  of  E xaminations.
                  1.     Supervision                                                         .....     36
                  2.     Examinations                                                        .....     37
                                   Section  V — A dministration.
                  1.     Administration                                                      .....     39
                         Letter  to  Mahatmaji  by  Members
                              of  the  Committee                                             .....     47
                                           Detailed  Syllabus.
                  1.     Basie  Crafts—
                              Agriculture                                                    .....     69
                              Spinning  &  Weaving                                           .....     93
                               Card  Board,  Wood  &  Metal                                  .....     121
                   2.    Mother  Tongue  &  Hindustani                                       .....     139
                   3.    Mathematics                                                         .....     147
                   4.     Social  Studies                                                    .....     154
                   5.     General  Science                                                   .....     174
                   6.    Drawing                                                             .....     185
                  7.     Possible  correlations with the  Basic
                              ■Craft  of  Spinning  and  Weaving  .....  189
                         Appendix  A—
                   8.    A  Chart  showing  the  scheme                               of
                               Co-ordination                                                 .....     203