Gandhiji views education as playing a vital role in the reconstruction of Indian society. According to him, education is defined as a technique of transmitting civilization. The etymological meaning of education is to bring out inside to outside, to make inner capabilities of a man to be fully expressed. Accordingly, the function of education is to draw out rather than to put in. Education is the art of developing and enhancing the cultivation of various physical, mental and moral powers of the learner. It is taken as a process, not as a product. It is a life-long process that starts from birth and continues till death. There are different types of education, formal and informal. Formal education is deliberately and consciously planned and its curriculum is carefully designed and goals are pre-determined. For instance, the education provided in the institutions like schools, colleges and universities is called formal education. But the education which is generally received by living and communicating with others is called informal education. Informal education may or may not be provided consciously or deliberately. When formal education has a fixed course of study, informal education has no such.
