Gandhiji as an Educationist

  • S Saravanan Assistant Professor, Department of History, R.D. Govt. Arts College, Sivagangai, Tamil Nadu, India
Keywords: Gandhian Era, Character building, Adult Education, Sex Education

Abstract

Education system proposed by Mahatma Gandhi is called as "Basic Education". He mainly aims at the education in mother tongue and asked for activity centered education to make the children skilled and independent. Gandhiji wanted to bring a silent social revolution through such a balanced curriculam.The basic craft should be included in the curriculam to make it work orientated unique and dynamic. Such Gandhian Educational thoughts are relevant for development and providing solutions of the current problems like unemployment, poverty, corruption and many others. An attempt has been made in this paper to discuss the Gandhi's educational thoughts.

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2018-01-20
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