Question

A short note on tagore's abode of peace

Answer 1

The system of education as it prevails today was introduced by the British Government sometime in 1835 with the sole purpose of producing Indian clerks to serve their British masters. 
As a child Tagore hated going to school which he found suffocating and oppressive. The school appeared like a prison for him for he was totally restrained from doing what he wanted to do
Tagore had a great fascination for our ancient Gurukula system of education wherein nature in all its pristine glory and splendour played a decisive role in moulding the child and develop its creative talent. 
Tagore started his novel experiment about 110 years back, sometime in 1890, in a building called ‘Shanthinikethan’ built in 1864 by his father Sri Devendranath Tagore. The school was started in this building on a modest scale and the school was named ‘Brahmachryashram’. At the entrance to the building are prominently displayed 
Four lines in Bengali which convey the essence of the Upanishadic message 
‘Anandam Brahma’. 

Answer 2

Answer:

• Tagore wanted to set up a school where the child was happy.
• Tagore felt that childhood ought to be a time of self –learning,  outside the rigid and restricting discipline of the schooling system set up by the British.
• Teachers had to be imaginative,   understand the child,  and help the child develop her curiosity.
• According to Tagore, the existing schools killed the natural desire of the child  to be creative, her sense of wonder.
• Tagore was of the view that creative learning   could be encouraged only within a natural environment.
• So he chose to set up his school 100 kilometres away from Calcutta, in a rural setting.
• He saw it as an abode of peace (santiniketan),  where living in harmony with nature,   children could cultivate their natural creativity.