Question

A brief note about santiniketan

Answer 1

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Explanation:

Shantiniketan is a Bengali name – meaning 'abode of peace'. Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941) founded a school here amid pastoral settings in 1901, which later developed into the Visva Bharati University, with an emphasis on the study of liberal arts as well as humanity's relationship with nature.

Answer 2

Answer:

• The word Santiniketan means'abode of peace'

• Rabindranath Tagore started santinikentan in the Year 1901
• The bad experience that he faced during his school days shaped the way he felt that kids should be educated
• He set it up about 100 km away from Calcutta in a rural settlement surrounded by nature.
• He saw it as a abode of peace where with natures children could cultivate individual talents.
• He wanted to combine the modern Western Education with the best of Indian Traditon.
• He emphasized the need to teach science and technology vis a vis art,dance and music.
• He felt that the teachers who would teach here had to be imaginative and understand the child and help them developp their curiosity