Mahatma Gandhi's View On Education

The starting base of Education is Philosophy. Philosophy is requisite for every aspect of education. Education has no meaning, life and sense in absence of philosophy. Education is the dynamic side of Philosophy. Honesty simplicity, humbleness, love & non-violence are the words that are directly related with the name of Gandhiji. Concern, love for every person, nobility of labour and following or practicing ideas rather than just publicizing them. These all mentioned exemplar or qualities are highlights of educational philosophy of Gandhiji.
Gandhiji always focus attention on certain ideals, practical work and the capability of students in education. It is the only education through which we can look out the prospect of the children and guide

In 1937 he presented his ideas regarding Indian Education in a conference of educationists. The concept of basic education was introduced in the country. Today, people and politician give great respect to Gandhiji, but do not follow what he said. Today, it has become essential to review Gandhi’s views on education of giving their proper perspective views. The genesis of basic education scheme dates back to the time of 1937 when Gandhiji wrote a series of articles on the Harijans, his weekly paper discussing there in Indian education critically of pointing out some of its outstanding defects. It was his main thesis that education was out of time with life and did not take into account the need & problems of the people.

Mahatma Gandhi’s teaching was not only meant for our country, but for the whole world. He not only taught by word of mouth but spend his whole life setting an example for everyone to follow the path of truth, ahimsa and non-violence. For him, the true purpose of life and the aim of true education were to know the self, which was equal to knowing the truth and

Knowledge of God, self-realization spiritualism and oneness with God were the ultimate aim of education according to him, “True education should result not in the material power, but in spiritual force.” In Gandhiji, we find a combination of a man of thought and a man of action. Whatever he propounded had the backing of experience. He formulated his ideas, tested them and where necessary corrected them in the light of his experiences. The whole of his life was devoted to translating his thoughts into action.

Gandhiji was one of those contented people to whom our country was proud of the taught us as a way of life that would make us masters of external things and not their slaves, that would establish our control over them and not let them control us. If we remember this teaching of Gandhiji and go through life in this light, it will be beneficial for us. His life is our guide. We have the responsibility of shaping our live in such a way that the world may know what Gandhiji wanted. He gave a lot not only to India but to the world also. He also put stress on moral education, women education and vocational