The document discusses the educational contributions and philosophy of Sri Aurobindo Ghosh, an Indian philosopher, poet, and nationalist who saw education as important for developing students physically, mentally, morally, and spiritually. It outlines his aims for education at different stages, which included developing senses and talents as well as teaching subjects like languages, sciences, arts, and social studies. The role of the teacher, according to Aurobindo, was to guide students by suggesting ideas rather than imposing them and helping remove ignorance.

1. MOUNT TABOR TRAINING COLLEGE,PATHANAPURAM
Submitted to,
Dr. George Varghese
Assistant Professor in Education
EDUCATIONAL CONTRIBUTIONS OF
AUROBINDO GHOSH

2. MEMBERS OF THE GROUP
 Greeshma Elizabeth Varghese
 Jayaraj S.
 Jeena Mariam Jacob
 Jesna Pappachan
 Merina Sabu
 Neenu Jain Raju
 Salini S.
 Shameena S.
 Sreelekshmi C.

3. INTRODUCTION
 Sri. Aurobindo gosh(1872-1950)was a philosopher, poet, writer,
nationalist and highly spiritual person.
 Incarnation of renaissance
 He contributedhis intellect in various fields like philosophy,
Indian culture, spirituality and education
 He saw education as highly serious matter

4. AUROBINDO’S AIMS OF
EDUCATION
 First aim of education – Physical development of a child
 Secondaim of education – To rear all the senses of the child
 Thirdaim of education- To trainall mental fieldor state of a child
 Fourthaimof education– Development of moral values
 Most important and prime aimof education – To developall four level of
one’s conscience

5. CURRICULUM ACCORDING TO
AUROBINDO
 Stresson curriculumthat can flourish hidden talentof children
 Prescribes specificsubjects on various stages
 Primary stage- Mother tongue, English, French, literature, National
History, Art, Painting, General Science, Social studies and Arithmetic
 Secondarystage - Mother tongue, English, French, literature,
Arithmetic, Art, Chemistry, Physics, Botany, Physiology, Health
Education and Social studies

6. CURRICULUM ACCORDING TO
AUROBINDO(CONT)
 University level – Indianand westernphilosophy, History of
civilization, Englishliterature, French, Sociology, Psychology, History,
Chemistry, Physics, Botany
 Vocational level – Art, Painting, Photography, Sculptural, Drawing,
Type, Cottage-industries, Mechanical and Electrical engineering,
Nursing etc.

7. ROLE OF TEACHER
 “Nothing can be taught”
 A teacher shouldbe like torch-light”
 Teacher is a ‘guide’ not a ‘master’
 The role of a teacher is ‘to suggest, not to impose’
 A true teacher removes the clouds of ignorance