Educational Contributions of Mahatma Gandhi

Submitted as a part of BEd curriculum

1. MOUNT TABOR TRAINING COLLEGE, PATHANAPURAM EDUCATIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS OF MAHATMA GANDHI Submitted to : Dr George Varghese

2. Members Akhila Prabhakaran Akhila M Aleena R Amitha Raghunathan Anjali Chacko Arya M S Arathy V R Athira Anand Fathima Shahjahan

3. Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948) "By education, I mean an all-round drawing of the best in child and man- body , mind and spirit."

4. LIFE SKETCH Born in 1869 in Gujarat. Honoured by the people of I ndia as the father of our nation. A great socio-political reformer. Apostle of peace and non-violence. Champion of the freedom movement. Organized Satyagraha and various other movements.

5. contd … He completed his high school in India. He studied in a college called Salmdas at Bhavnagar.  He sailed from Bombay to England to study law. Was a lawyer for much of his early life. Spent 22 years in South Africa, where he would begin an Indian revolution.

6. MAJOR WORKS My experiments with truth (1927). Satyagraha in South africa (1928). Hind swaraj (1909). The Bhagavat Gita (1929). Non violent Resistance (1951). Pathway to God(1971). All men are brothers (1995).

7. Basic Education Basic education indicates such education which may help an individual to fulfill his basic needs. It is based on the national culture and civilization of India . Its main objective is to make a child self-reliant and self-sufficient. It stands for anew crafts-centered approach full of spirit and self realization which always seeks truth .

8. Proposals of Basic Education Free, universal and compulsory education should be provided for all boys and girls between the ages 7-14 years. Mother tongue of the child should be the medium of instruction. According to the capacity of the children and the needs of the locality education should be crafts oriented. Spinning and weaving, card-board and wood work, leather work, kitchen, gardening, agriculture and fishery were suggested as suitable crafts. The social and scientific implications of the selected crafts must be taught . Education should develop human values in the child. Health education for physical fitness and insistence for simple life. Aimed to achieve the harmonious develpoment of the child's body, mind and soul.

9. curriculum Curriculum in Gandhi’s scheme is activity centered and craft centered. The subject in the curriculum includes the following : Basic craft – Agriculture, spinning, weaving etc. Mother tongue. Mathematics. Social studies – social and economic life of the community, culture of the community, history of crafts. General science – Zoology, physiology, nature study etc. Arts, drama, music etc. Hindi. Games and physical activities.

10. references Philosophical Foundations of Education – DDCE, Utkal University. Philosophical Foundations of Education – Y K Singh. http://assisiaruvithura.blogspot.com