Volume : 7, Issue : 1, JAN 2021

EDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHY OF MAHATMA GANDHI AND ITS RELEVANCY IN PRESENT SOCIETY

PARIMAL MANDAL

Abstract

Education is the backbone of the society as well as nation. The progress of a country depends on the education system of that country. India is a developing country where most people live in rural areas. Gandhiji wanted to develop the society of that time. He was a priest of truth and non-violence. He wanted to build a society that would not have any difference. Everyone has equal rights, regardless of race, race, religion, and gender. Justice in society will be human values and peace. He had planned basic education to help people become self-sufficient. His teaching was more realistic than bookish education. It was socially acceptable and economically significant. Freedom of education, activism, industrial-centricity, social-centricity, village development, education, etc. are admirable. His life philosophy has shown the true, non-violence, human service, self-discipline and self-purification, the belief of God, the kingdom and the society. But gandhiji's introduced basic education system has not been very acceptable to the people of the society. So through testing and research, these limitations can be removed and their educational usefulness can be increased. People in the present society are mechanical. In the age of machine-humanity, human beings have lost sense of humanity, day by day, violence, strife, violence, immorality, criminality, intolerance, diplomacy, communalism is on the rise. So Gandhiji's teaching in the present society has become very relevant. This paper focus on the educational philosophy of Mahatma Gandhi and its relevancy in present society.

Keywords

GANDHI’S PHILOSOPHY OF LIFE, EDUCATIONAL THOUGHTS, SOCIAL VALUES, BASIC EDUCATION.

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