Question

what dose the term education imply or mean , according to the opinion of gandhiji?​

Answer 1

Answer:

Gandhian Concept of Education !

Gandhi firmly believed that basic education was an important means to develop the body and the mind. This stood out in sharp contrast to the common understanding of the concept and function of education as knowledge of letters, and of reading, writing and arithmetic as the basic constituents of primary education.

He said that there was a need to improve all our languages. India should adopt Hindi as the universal language for the country with the option of writing it in Persian or Nagari characters. Further, the English books that are indeed valuable need to be translated into different Indian languages.

He was sure that those who have received education through a foreign tongue could not represent the masses because the people do not identify themselves with such persons. In fact, they are identified more with the British than with the masses. It is commonly believed that people educated in the foreign tongue are not able to understand the aspirations of the masses, and therefore cannot speak on their behalf.

The issue of adult education was crucial to Gandhi. Through adult education he envisaged to open the minds of the adult pupils to the greatness and the vastness of the country and to generate awareness about the ills of foreign rule by word of mouth. It was widely realised that several villages were ignorant of the evils of foreign rule and of the means to overthrow it. He sought to combine education through word of mouth with literary education.