what are the drawbacks of modern education?
Dear Student,
We can draw on the arguments given by Mahatma Gandhi on the drawback of western education:
- 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.
- There was poison in this education,it enslaved Indians, it cast an evil spell on them.
- Charmed by the West, appreciating everything that came from the West, Indians educated in these institutions began admiring British rule.
- It focused on reading and writing rather than oral knowledge; it valued textbooks rather than lived experience and practical knowledge.
- He argued that education ought to develop a person’s mind and soul. Literacy – or simply learning to read and write – by itself did not count as education.
- People had to work with their hands, learn a craft, and know how different things operated. This would develop their mind and their capacity to understand.