5. Write brief notes on the ideas of education by Mahatma Gandhi and Ravindranath Tagore?
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Rabindranath Tagore believed that the aim of education is self-realization. He himself was a poet and a saint, who had, through his imagination and insight, realized the universal soul in himself and in nature. He believed that this realization was the goal of education.
Mahatma Gandhi believed Basic Education is Education for life and through life. The aim of Education is creating a social order free from exploitation and violence. The aim of Basic Education is Development of total personality of child. In his views higher education be made self supporting.
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There are four fundamental principles in Tagore's educational philosophy; naturalism, humanism, internationalism and idealism. Shantiniketan and Visva Bharathi are both based on these very principles. He insisted that education should be imparted in a natural surroundings.
Gandhiji believed that education can change a person for good and also help in the development of the nation. Since many people in our country cannot afford to educate their children, he suggested free education for the children aged 7 to 14 years. He also suggested that education should become compulsory.