Why did mahatma gandhi oppose western education

• • • • Mahatma Gandhi's Education • Mahatma Gandhi's Education - By Susan Wallace Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi who is famously known as Mahatma Gandhi was more than just a lawyer. He is remembered as an anti-colonial nationalist as he was the leader in India's independence movement. His non-violent tactics became famous around the world and influenced some freedom fighters around the world including Martin Luther King. Gandhi's education was met with challenges right from elementary school up to college. Despite these challenges, he managed to accomplish his goals and inspire many people around the world. Here is a brief overview of Mahatma Gandhi's life during his school years. Primary Education Where was Gandhi educated? He received his primary education in the city of Porbandar. Being a famous and influential person, some people assume Gandhi was among the brightest students in his school. Contrary to this, Gandhi was an average student. He was not very good at academics or in any sporting activities, however, he grasped some of the most important aspects of his education including good morals. He was also a shy and timid student. The school he went to was a school consisting of boys only and was located on the Western Coast of India. High School Education Alfred High School, Rajkot Gandhi later moved to Rajkot, a city located in the western part of India. The move was necessary due to his father's new job. He joined Alfred High School, an all-boys school, at the age of ...

The politicians who clamoured almost daily to be associated with Gandhi’s spectacles are the ones who have entirely ignored Gandhi’s philosophy of education and actively promoted the system of education developed by the British. From an early age, Gandhi had no interest in the education system forced upon us by the British. At school, he was a very poor student, failing at several points and not taking part in sports or social activities. As befitting an intelligent boy who grew to see the British system as one of indoctrination, not education, he was ignored by his anglicized school friends and led a solitary and lonely existence. As he grew older he was strongly influenced by Leo Tolstoy. Gandhi wanted to free education from government and state bureaucracy interference. The Mahatma valued self-sufficiency and autonomy, and the more financially independent the schools were, the more politically independent they could be. He foresaw the financial limitations of universally developing the British system and argued that in a poor country such as India, schools should generate their own resources. They could do this by having saleable handicrafts at the centre of their curricula. This was also central to his philosophy of learning by doing. Also Read Gandhi believed in teachers having freedom in curriculum matters. He was against the idea of the teacher having a prescribed job based on what the authorities wanted the children to learn, and he was against prescribed textbooks...

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