PSYCHOLOGICAL FACETS OF GADHIAN PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION

Gandhian Philosophy of Education is based on the consideration that there is an element of goodness essentially present every man. There is the need of proper education which would be able to bring out this element of goodness. The State has to prepare individuals (For the village-republic or for making possible the emergence of the ideal government. Therefore, individuals have to be trained and educated in such a manner that the ideal is reached conveniently. Therefore the goal of education, according to Gandhi, should be moral education or character-building and the cultivation of a conviction that one should forget everything selfish in working towards great aims.