Mahatma gandhi views on education pdf

Indubitably education plays a very significant role in ameliorating the socioeconomic existence of not only the individual concerned, but also the society as a whole. Education improves one’s knowledge, imparts necessary skills and brings holistic changes in human personality and attitude, thereby accelerates the process of development with an element of certitude. At the time, when the entire nation was engulfed in the state of servitude under the British Raj, the Gandhian insights on education proved to be a milestone in ensuring the mass participation in the freedom struggle movement. He regarded the scheme of education as spearheading the silent social revolution and expected it to provide a healthy relationship between the city and the village, which would go a long way in eradicating the poisoned relationship between the classes. According to him, education is a birth right of an individual and convincingly believed that education is as much necessary for an individual for any type of development be it physical, mental or spiritual as a milk of a mother for the growth of a child. Gandhian philosophy on education encapsulates every aspect of individuals’ holistic growth as a member of a human society. In his wisdom, Gandhi focuses upon every possible minute detail about the education: curriculum design, importance of craftsmanship, teaching methodology, role and character of a teacher and importance of discipline including the role of spirituality. The present study a...

Education is backbone of society and is largely responsible for is upliftment. Gandhi was a critic of traditional education and viewed that “By education, I mean an all-round drawing of the best in child and man in body, mind and spirit.” His Wardha scheme was pointer in this direction. Accordingly, these should be the basic tenets of Gandhian education. Free primary education: Gandhiji advocated for free and compulsory education for all-boys and girls between 7 and 14 years. Education should be imparted in primary level in the student’s mother tongue. A free primary universal education is to be imparted to all the children in the village. This will make the backbone of a country strong. Place of vocational education: A love for manual work will be injected in the mind of children. This is not a compulsion but the child will learn it by doing. Being free from mere bookish knowledge, a student should resort to manual work. He, thus, put emphasis on vocational and functional education. “Earning while learning” was the motto of this education. This wills increase the creativity in a student. As Gandhi wanted to make Indian village’s self-sufficient units, he emphasised that vocational education should increase the efficiency within the students who will make the village as self-sufficient units. Emphasis on morality: By education, Gandhi meant the improvement of morality within a student. Without being bookish, a student should adopt certain moral ethical codes like truth, no...