Mahatma Jotiba Phule is one of the prominent social reformers and as such social reform was his main aim. For this purpose he took spread of education as his mission. It was his firm contention that the backwardness of the masses is mainly due to lack of education. For him education was not just a sub-system of the whole social system; but a foundation and a powerful tool for social revolution. He wanted education for not a selected few, but for all. His true greatness lies in his selfless motive sublime aim, philanthropic attitude, and humane approach. Still today he stands as a shining and guiding star in the galaxy of humanistic thinkers of India. This book contains rich information on all aspects of Mahatma Phule’s educational philosophy. This humble effort will supplement and enrich the contents of educational philosophy of modern times.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR N.L. Gupta
N.L. Gupta (b. 1940) is the first scholar to obtain a Ph.D. from two different faculties of Nagpur University. He has a series of Postgraduate degrees and many firsts at his credit. He is the first candidate to submit a thesis for D.Litt. in R.S. University, Raipur. Recently, he has been awarded by Maharashtra Hindi Granth Academy for the best work on literary criticism styled as “Nav-Manavatavadi Chintan†(Neohumanistic thought). Dr. Gupta is a prolific writer. Besides many research papers, he has 46 books in both Hindi and English to his credit. Dr. Gupta’s writings have a very broad spectrum of themes which include literature, History, Culture, Education, Sociology, Philosophy, Theology and so on. He is considered to be the authority on ‘Value Education’ on which he has contributed as many as six books with different angles. Latest in the series was Education and Values in the Mahabharata, Mulya Parak Shiksha of about 400 pages published from Ajmer, has been profusely quoted by the scholars. He retired as Assistant Commissioner, Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh and settled at Nagpur.
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