Rabindranath Tagore’s Philosophy on Indian Education
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Education is a process of learning and development. Education aims to change a man from normal to perfect. Education is the fundamental process to change a man to complete man. It is a process of all – round growth and development of physical, mental, social, emotional, moral and spiritual. Education is an enlightment and empowerment of total behaviour. It develops the cognitive, affection and cognitive aspects of the learner’s behaviour. Tagore aimed to develop an ideal educational system in India. He emphasis not only body and mind to change through education but also soul, including physical, mental, religious and spiritual. Tagore was born during a period of strife in pre-independence India. He stood for the development of a free mind, free knowledge and a free nation. According to him, the primary objective of education was to enable the preservation of the perfect symphony between one’s life and the world outside. “The highest education is that which does not merely give us information but makes our life in harmony with all existence”. -Rabindranath Tagore