CBSE Class 8 Answered

Mahatma Gandhi's greatest contribution is that he emphasised on the importance of Indian education. He argued that colonial education created a sense of inferiority in the minds of Indians. It made them see Western civilisation as superior, and destroyed the pride they had in their own culture. He further added that Indians educated in modern educational institutions began admiring British rule. Gandhi wanted an education that could help Indians recover their sense of dignity and self-respect. Gandhi strongly felt that Indian languages ought to be the medium of teaching. Education in English crippled Indians, distanced them from their own social surroundings, and made them “strangers in their own lands”. He argued that education ought to develop a person’s mind and soul.

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