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This research paper explores the education system during Mahatma Gandhi's time to compare the education systems of Colonial Education in India. Gandhi's concept of basic education aims to construct a new social order by creating education as an all-round development of personality. For this, he used to define education as bringing out the best in a child and a body, mind, and spirit. In this process of reading and studying education, Gandhi criticises the Western Education system as was introduced in India to teach Indians before thinking about the Indian education system. According to him, the British education system is self-centred to meet their own needs. Furthermore, their emphasis was on Western foundation development rather than Indian education. Colonial and Gandhian education has represented two distinct approaches to education that emerged during different periods in Indian history. A comparative study of these two systems provides insights into their goals, methods, and impacts on society.