The correct answer is 1937. Explanation & Key Takeaways: • In 1937, Mahatma Gandhi proposed the Wardha Scheme of Basic Education. • The Wardha Education Plan was the name given to it. • It was intended that all children between the ages of 8 and 14 should have access to free, public education in their native tongues. • Nai Talim, or the New Education, became the name for this. • The purpose of fundamental education was to foster the virtues of the ideal citizen, and greater emphasis should be placed on Indian culture than literacy. • English should have no room in the curriculum. • In this plan, religious instruction has no place. • The most crucial aspect was the economic objectives of the fundamental education, which would be developed over the course of seven years by the kids' manual labour. Related Concepts: • On October 22 and 23, 1937, the Wardha Education Conference took place, and the following three fundamental resolutions were adopted: • 7 years of the nationwide, free and required education. • Mother Tongue shall be the Instructional Medium. • Not only for degrees and exams but also for physical or productive employment, education will be prioritised. As a result, it combined craft work, social environment, and physical environment. • A committee led by Dr Zakir Hussain was constituted as a result of this conference in Wardha. • The Wardha Scheme of Basic Education, which the Committee submitted as part of its report in March 1938, was the first comprehensive national basic education programme.