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Gandhi wanted to have basic schools in every village but he knew that it would not be feasible till the schools or at least the teachers became self-supporting. The students of the basic schools had to learn some handicraft-the most common being spinning. Gandhi believed that to enkindle a true sense of equality and to attain real peace in the world one should begin with the children. If the knowledge of the three R’s prompted students to forget the use of their hands or made them ashamed of doing any manual labour, then it was far better for them to remain unlettered and break stones. He himself explained to his small grandson how cotton grew, how the disc of a takli was made, how cloth was woven from yarn and how to count rounds of yarn. Thus the child was taught geography, nature study, arithmetic, geometry and the growth of civilisation. . . . BAHUROOPE GANDHI By ANU BANDYOPADHYAYA
Posted on: Wed, 28 Aug 2013 03:46:47 +0000

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