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Aurobindo’s Concept of Education
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Sri Aurobindo Ghosh’s concept of education can be viewed briefly in his own words,
Education
to be true must not be a machine made fabric, but a true building or living
evocation of the powers of the mind and spirit of human being.
Sri Aurobindo’s educational philosophy was student oriented
philosophy which recommends focussing on ‘Integral Education’ emphasizing both
the aspects ‘matter and spirit’. He insisted that the manifestation of Beauty,
Power, Knowledge and Love must be the aim of integral education. ‘Beauty’
involves a programme of physical education to build a body that is beautiful in
form, harmonious in posture and powerful in functions. ‘Power’ involves control
of sensations; ‘Knowledge’ involves development of an active and alert mind.
‘Love’ involves creation of desirable feelings and emotions which should aim at
selfless good to others and communion with the divine.
Further, he laid stress on conscience as the chief aid of a
teacher. Conscience had four stages namely- Consciousness, Mind, Intelligence
& Knowledge. A teacher should take effort to develop all these four levels
harmoniously to promote the development of conscience.
Sri Aurobindo was a staunch Idealist, as such; his philosophy
of education was also based on spiritual faith, brahmacharya and yoga practice.
According to him, everyman has divinity to some extent in the form of some
special ability which should be identified and allowed to grow by the teacher.
His concept of education aims at modifying the school curriculum, maximizing
the learning modalities, helping the child to achieve his potentiality at his
own pace and level and devote his time to discover himself. Sri Aurobindo
vehemently condemned the western materialistic education as it could not
sustain and develop Indian ideals, values and cultures. According to him
education should bridge the gap between the child’s life at school and that at
home so that he achieves the maximum.
With these end’s in view, he opened an Ashram at Pondicherry
and established an International University providing over there an education
suited to the ideals and values of Indian culture based upon brahmacharya,
yoga, concentration and meditation through which an individual can develop his
physical, mental, vital, psychic and spiritual levels in a harmonious way.
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