The scheme proposed that education should be imparted through the medium of a socially useful productive craft, such as spinning, weaving, carpentry, etc. The learning of academic subjects was to be correlated with this craft and the child's environment. A secondary goal was that the sale of the products of the craft could potentially make the schools self-sufficient.
The main principle of M.K. Gandhi's famous Basic Education System or Wardha Scheme was:
Asked in WBCS Main Paper 3 2019 · Topic: Development of Education in Modern India (Mahatma Gandhi's Basic Education (Wardha Scheme))
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Answer: B. Learning through productivity
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