ABSTRACT
Colonial rule had destroyed the Indian system of education, for surely they had a purpose in building a new school system. The East Indian Company successfully created a distinct class among the Indian people which was to be educated in the Western mode. The educational system that the British Raj introduced in India not only touched the great mass of people but brought an end to the age-old system of teaching in traditional schools such as madrasas and pathashalas by the learned of the community. Before the introduction of the educational system of the British Raj, education in India was widespread. In British India, the education imparted in government schools and colleges was completely unrelated to the life of the community and tended to wean them away from their own people and their culture. Gandhi began to think about education when he was faced with the question of educating his own sons and nephew in South Africa.
