Topic > Sri Aurobindo's Ideal Concept of Education - 1192

• Introduction Sri Aurobindo Ghosh the great Indian philosopher and the tradition of experimenting with education and educational methods has spanned a long stretch. Sri Aurobindo was dedicated to the knowledge of life. Those who propose knowledge of life and have come to the conclusion that India wants to have a better place in the world, must enrich Indian education and educational method. This enrichment will be achieved through endless experimentation. Sri Aurobindo is an educationist not by chance but by choice. Like Tagore and Swami Vivekananda and other eminent personalities, he also dedicated his entire life to achieving the perfect purpose of human life. He knew well that without an effective and fruitful education system, India could never achieve its desired goal. This article will make an in-depth analysis of the concept of education and its method of distribution as promulgated by Sri Aurobindo. • Objectives of EducationThe primary objectives of education are to obtain knowledge, techniques and skills and these various types of educational facts can be arrived at through understanding and studying literature, culture, nation and its history. Sri Aurobindo firmly believed that true education purifies the human physical body, which is possible through hard training of all the senses. Francis Bacon once stated, “Discretion is more than eloquence.” Like Bacon, Sri Aurobindo believed that true education should broaden students' logical faculty along with their mental growth. Matthew Arnold belonged to Victorian England, its most admired educationist believed that "good literature teaches lessons of good and evil." Like Arnold, Sri Aurobindo regarded education as the best standard that could teach people ethics, morals and a sense of right and wrong. . He thought that human beings contained within their physical selves some fundamental principles about goodness