Question

b) Compare Gandhi and Tagore's views on education.​

Answer 1

Comparing Gandhi's and Tagore's views on education :-

• Even though Mahatma Gandhi and Rabindranath Tagore agreed on many points on the matter of education, there were some discernible and significant differences too.

• Gandhiji was highly critical of Western civilisation and the prominence of machines and technology in it.

• On the other hand, Tagore wanted to combine elements of modern Western civilisation with what he saw best within Indian culture.

• He often emphasised the need to teach science and technology at Santiniketan along with art, music and dance.