Gandhiji philosophy of education integrated development of education for human being
1. Dr.M.Deivam
Assistant Professor in ICT in Education
Department of Education
The Gandhigram Rural Institute (Deemed to be
University)
Gandhigram, Dindigul District,
Tamil Nadu
Gandhian concept of Education for
Integrated Development of Human
being
3. Life History
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (MK Gandhi) was born at
porbandar in kathiawar of Gujarat state on October 2,
1869.
‘Bapu’ out of affection
His father was a dewan (Chief Administrator and Chief
Revenue officer)
He is a Father of nation
He was married to kasturibai at the age of thirteen
Education in England: When 18 years old, he was sent to
London to study law.
Work in South Africa: After returning from England, he
started his law practice at Bombay. In April 1893 itself, he
went to south africa
Gandhiji found that the Indians in South Africa were
4. Cont.,
Gandhiji’s Educational Experiments: Tolstoy farm at
Transwal in South Africa proved very valuable to him in
formulation new system of education.
The child had to devote 8 hours a day for vocational training
and only 2 hours to book learning.
Learning by doing and learning by cooperation chief
methods of education.
Gandhiji came to india in 1914. He continued his
educational experiments for a short time at Shantiniketan,
then at Sabarmathi Ashram and Finally Sewagram Ashram if
located 16 km from warda.
Gandhiji life was full of struggle, sacrifice and suffering from
1919 to 1947.
The whole world was plunged into deep grief and sorrow on
January 30, 1948, when he was shot dead by a Hindu
fanatic called Nathuram Goodse.
5. Publication of MK Gandhi
Autobiography
Basic Education
Harijan
India of my Dreams
Medium of Instruction
Tasks Before Indian Students
To the students
Towards New Education
True Education
6. Basic Education
Basic Education is absolutely a new Philosophy of
Education which rejected bookish education and
gave priority to practical manual work.
Basic Education aimed to bring a remedy to the
educational and social ills and integrate the three
agencies of education: Home, School and Society
7. Aim of Basic Education
All round development of the personality of the child
(Physical, mental, intellectual, aesthetic, moral and
spiritual)
Character building
Self-sufficiency: He said that the economic self-
sufficiency is the most important fruit of good education
Social uplift and welfare
The development of 3H (Education for Heart, Head, and
Hand)
To develop vocational efficiency
Training for citizenship
Preparation for complete living
8. Features of Basic Education
Free and Compulsory Education for all from the age
7 to 14
Craft is the centre of education
Self-supporting education
Mother tongue as the medium of instruction
Ideal of citizenship
Cooperating living
9. Principal Features of Gandiji’s
Philosophy of life
Supreme God: He said, “God pervades everything.
God is life, Truth and Light”.
Truth and Ahimsa (Non-violence): According to
Gandhiji, “Truth and Ahimsa are the two sides of a
coin”
Service of Humanity: Service to people
Self-discipline and Self-purification: Gandhiji always
held the high ideals of purity, sacrifice and service
Righteousness and truth as the highest religion: true
religion and true morality are inseparably bound up
with each other.
Ram Rajya as the Concept of a Society: He wanted to
establish Ram Rajya which he identified with justice,
peace, happiness and welfare of all.
10. Gandhiji as an Idealist, Naturalist and
Pragmatic Educationist
Idealist: truth, non-violence and
character development clearly indicates
that he was an idealist
Naturalism: Mother-tongue as the
medium of instruction and providing
freedom to the child reflect his
naturalism
Pragmatism: Experimental approach to
educational and other issues.
11. Curriculum
It includes vocational subjects, social
studies and general sciences. Craft is
an essential part of curriculum. It is an
activity and utilitarian curriculum.
13. Teacher
The teacher should posses all the values
desirable by the society.
He should be an man of sincerity, honesty with
love and affection.
He has to correlate the various subjects with craft
15. Failure of basic education
Based on Unsound Psychological
Foundations: It ignores cognitive, affective
aspects of child’s development
We cannot integrate all the subject with craft
centered education
Basic education is rural based, unlike the urban
people.
No important to subject like science, maths
It was entirely different from present system
of education
There no place to English in basic education
16. Impact of Basic Education
Kothari Commission suggested work
experience
SUPW by pattel committee suggested
National policy on Education (1986),
Vocationalisation of secondary Education