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Gandhiji’s Concept of Education
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The concept of education according to Mahatma Gandhi is different from other philosophers. In his words, “Literacy in itself is no education. It is neither the beginning nor the end of education. By education, I mean an all round drawing out of the best in child and man- body, mind and spirit.”
According to
Gandhiji, literacy was just a means of education. He emphasized the development
of head, hand and health. He stressed on the fact that true education draws out
and stimulates physical, intellectual and spiritual faculties of child. That
is, education has to take care of whole human personality, so that a child can
grow to its highest stature and serve the society at its best.
To put his
ideas and principles into practice Gandhiji formulated a scheme of education
known as ‘Basic Education’ which revolutionized Indian thinking and way of
living. The main aim of ‘Basic Education ‘was to purify the heart and mind of
people, make them self-dependent through some skilled work and create a society
free from exploitation and aggression. One can say that his educational
practice was based on need and requirement of the individual and the society.
Therefore, his concept and practice of education was sound and scientific
psychologically (developed love, affection, self-esteem, creativity etc), sociologically
(developed discipline, co-operation, tolerance, respect etc), pedagogically (craft-centred
education developed learning by doing and earning while learning) as well as biologically
(education helped to adapt to the complex changing situations and environment).
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