"RELEVENCE OF EDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHY OF MAHATMA GANDHI IN THE PRESENT SCENARIO"

Education is a process in respect to the training as well as instruction. It is the development of children as per the needs and demands of society, of which he is an integral part. According to the great Indian educationist, politician, socialist, philosopher and thinker Mahatma Gandhi, education is an activity which was necessary not only for social progress but also for the all-round development of the children. It was fundamentally a process of life building or training in the art of human living. He has made an important contribution to the educational thought and practice. Hence an attempt has been made to analyze relevance of educational philosophy of the Mahatma Gandhi in the present scenario. The study has been carried out through the help of secondary sources and the researcher has undertaken content analysis method for the interpretation of the collected information.