M.

K GANDHI
 Mohan das Kram Chand Gandhi was born on 2 oct 1869.
He was a great leader, a practical philosopher and an
educational thinker.
 The basic scheme of education

 Gandhi used the term basic education because it is

intimately related with the basic needs and interest of
Indian children.

 The basic scheme of education has an aim to develop

Self sufficiency.

 According to M.K Gandhi, the purpose of education is to

inculcate a sense of social responsibility.

 He holds the view that a child’s education should begin

with the teaching of useful craft.

 The goal of basic education is to enable a student to

acquire the desired fruit through his or her own actions.
AIMS OF EDUCATION
• Self supporting aim
• Cultural development
• Character building
• All round development
• Cultivation of higher values of life
• Social uplift and welfare
 FEATURES OF BASIC
EDUCATION
 There should be free and compulsory education within the
age group of 7-14.

 Education should develop human values in the child.

 The medium of language should be in mother tongue.

 The basic education is self supported through some

productive work.

 Subjects are taught in correlation with craft, with

environment and with other subjects.

 Don’t over load kids with books.

  

Curriculum
Which
1. Basic craft – Agriculture, Spinning, Weaving
crafts?
2. Mother – tongue.

3. Mathematics – useful for craft and

community life.

4. Social studies – social and economic life of the

community, culture the community, history of
craft etc.

5. General science – nature study, zoology,

physiology, hygiene, physical culture,
anatomy etc.

6. Drawing and music.

 Methods of
teaching gg
 Children should be educated through a basic
craft.

 Mother tongue should be the medium of

instructions.

 The basic scheme emphasizes on learning by

doing method.

 Correlation should be established among

different academic subjects.
MAHATMA GANDHI AND
SELF-SUFFICIENCY
o Gandhi's philosophy, swaraj for the nation did not mean
merely political independence from British rule.

o His swaraj was one where every individual was his or her own
ruler, with the capacity to control and regulate his or her own
life. This would remove inequalities of power and status in
society.

o He wrote that when India will becomes English, it will be

called not Hindustan, but Englistan, This is not the swaraj I
want”.
 SPINNING – The idea of
self sufficiency
Gandhiji emphasized the importance of
handicrafts, especially spinning and weaving.
Thank you