GANDHI ON

SWADESHI
GANDHI AND SWADESHI
Religious Political Economic

• Swadeshi literally means love for one’s own country . However Gandhi applied the
concept to various spheres of viz. religious , economic and political .
GANDHI’S SCHEME OF EDUCATION :-
IMPORTANT POINTS
• Gandhi was strongly opposed to the English system of education and favoured its
replacement by an indigenous scheme . His opposition to the western system of
education was on account of number of reasons . (1) It was based on
foreign culture
• (2) It ignored the culture of heart and hand and confined itself only to the head .
• (3) It was imported through foreign medium
• Gandhi insisted on the replacement of the existing system of education by basic education
and presented his own scheme .
• Gandhi’s scheme of basic education covered the period from 7 to 14 years of age and
laid emphasis on physical drill , drawing handicrafts etc .
• It maybe noted that Gandhi’s scheme of education handicrafts were not to be taught side
by side with the liberal education , but the whole scheme of education was based on the
handicrafts and industry .
• Gandhi’s scheme of education was economically self- supporting .
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