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Mahatma Gandhi life history and educational contribution

Gandhi's concept of education has two aims: immediate and ultimate. The immediate aims are vocational, cultural, character development, and liberation. The ultimate aim is self-realization and spiritual freedom. Gandhi advocated for education through creative and productive activities, learning by doing, and mother tongue instruction. His basic scheme of education included subjects like crafts, arithmetic, social studies, science, music, art, and games. Gandhi stressed the importance of the right type of teacher who has knowledge, skills, enthusiasm, strong character, and inspires students through non-violence and truth.

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 Belief in God.  Sense of Human Unity.  Truth.  Non-violence (Ahinsa).  Love.  Brotherhood of man.  Satyagraha.  Spiritual nature of individual.  Fearlessness
Education is not literacy. Education is not development. According to Gandhi Ji, “ By education I mean an all round drawing out of the best in child and man-body mind and spirit”.
Gandhi’s concept of education has two fold aims of education before it: 1. Immediate Aims. 2. Ultimate Aims. Immediate Aims:  Bread and butter aim (Vocational aim).  Cultural aim.  Character aim.  Perfect development aim.  Liberation aim.  Dignity of labour.  Training for leadership.  Social and Individual aim.
 Self- realisation is the ultimate aim of life as well as of education.  Spiritual freedom provides knowledge of God & self- realisation. Hence education should provide spiritual freedom.
 Teaching through creative and productive activities.  Learning by doing.  Correlation technique.  Lecture and discussion methods.  Vocational training.  Mother tongue.  Lecture method.
 Gandhiji’s scheme of education is known as “Basic Scheme of Education”. Following subjects should be added in education.  Basic crafts.  Mother tongue.  Arithmetic.  Social Studies.  General Science.  Music and drawing.  Art.  Games etc.
 Right type of teacher.  Teacher, should possess knowledge, skill, enthusiasm, patriotism, strong character and special training.  Teacher should be friend, philosopher and guide.  He should be inspired with the social attitudes and ideals of Ahimsa and truth.  He should be able to establish a heart to heart contact with the students.
Discipline through self-control. Achieved through non-violent conduct of life. Social discipline. Building up of ideal citizens.
Mahatma Gandhi life history and educational contribution