Education is the key to the development and prosperity of any society. Education is a process where learning involves three components i.e., learner, curriculum, and teachers. Teaching learning should focus on children's social, moral, aesthetic, theoretical, and vocational development. Gandhi mainly aims at the education in mother tongue and asked for activity cantered education to make the children skilled and independent. Gandhi wanted to construct small, self-reliant communities with its ideal citizens being all industrious, self-respecting, and generous individuals living in small co-operatives and communities. Therefore, this article explores Gandhi’s idea of Nai Talim and how applicable it is to the growth of young people in contemporary India. The paper also explores the ideas of Nai Talim in terms in terms of educational curriculum and pedagogy and examines its role in contemporary India.

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Keywords: Gandhi, Education, Nai Talim, Self-Reliant, Basic Education.