Question

Mahatma Gandhi want to teach children's handicraft

Answer 1

According to Gandhiji literacy in itself was not education. He felt that it was important to begin the child's education by teaching it a useful handicraft and enabling it to produce from the moment it begins its training. He thought that every handicraft had to be taught not merely mechanically but scientifically, the child should know the why and the wherefore of every process.

Answer 2

Explanation:

Mahatma Gandhi wanted to teach children handicraft because that would develop their minds and their capacity to understand. This would also enable them to know how different things operated. This would help them to have lived experience and practical knowledge.