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educational philosophy of Swami Vivekananda

Swami Vivekananda believed that education should develop students spiritually and morally. He advocated for educating all people, regardless of gender, caste, or socioeconomic status. Education should develop character, teach Western sciences, and synthesize Eastern and Western knowledge. The teacher's role is to help students discover inherent knowledge and develop spiritually through love. Physical education, mother tongue instruction, and religious teachings should also be part of the curriculum.

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Educational Philosophy Of Swami Vivekananda 1863-1902
Pl read the Life sketch of Swami Vivekananda elaborately by your own. Philosophy of Education 1. All knowledge is in human mind 2. Education is the manifestation of the perfection already in man. 3. Knowledge is inherent in man. No knowledge comes from outside. 4. Like fire in a piece of flint, knowledge exists in mind. Man discover it.
Contribution In Education 1.He laid stress on the character development education. 2.He advocated the education of the masses which implies adult education and free and compulsory regardless of caste creed or colour. he said,” I consider that the greatest national sign is the neglect of the masses.” 3.He received the spirit of humanism in education. 4.He considered the education of women as the chief instrument of national regeneration. 5.He stressed on the teaching of western learning.
Aims of Education 1. Development of Spirituality in social setting i.e. development in the spirit of fellow-feeling. 2. Development of character which implies doing good to others, courage, fearlessness and strength and above all strong will-power for a noble cause. 3. Developing the attitude of considering work as worship. 4. Developing the spirit of service to poor and the neglected. 5. Developing the spirit of renunciation, giving up pride and ego and acquiring spirit of self-sacrifice.
Role of Teacher According to Swami Vivekananda 1. The first condition is that he should be sinless. 2. The second condition is that he should know the spirit of scriptures. 3. The third condition is the spiritual force of the teacher based on love for the students. 4. The fourth condition is that the teacher should think that he is only helping the child grow. 5. He is the external teacher and he offers the suggestion which arouses the internal teacher i.e. in the mind of the child.
Curriculum  Vivekananda was not in favour of the prevalent system of education in the country, as the education in India was influenced by the British system of education. 1. Curriculum should synthesize the knowledge and wisdom of the East and the West. 2. Swamiji also attached great importance to the physical development of the individual for which he wanted to include physical education as an integral part of the curriculum.
Discipline According to Swami Vivekananda 1. “ Discipline is an important aspect of a persons character and each of us teach ourselves.” 2.The external teacher offers suggestions and the internal teacher starts working on it.
Physical Education without the knowledge of physical education, the self- realization or character building is not possible and one must know, how to make our body strong through physical education, for to attain a complete education, it is necessary to develop both the mind and the body. 1. In particular, Vivekananda stressed the value of physical education in curriculum. He said, “You will be nearer to Heaven through football than through the study of Gita. 2. You will understand Gita better by your biceps, your muscles a little stronger. You will understand the Upanishads better and the glory of the Atman, when your body stands firm on your feet and you feel yourself as man.
Medium of Instruction Like Gandhi and Rabindranath Tagore, Vivekananda also emphasised education through the mother tongue. Besides mother tongue, there should be a common language which is necessary to keep the country united. 1. Vivekananda appreciated the greatness of Sanskrit that it is the source of all Indian languages and a repository of all inherited knowledge; with the absence of this knowledge, it will be impossible to understand Indian culture. 2. It is like a store house of ancient heritage, to develop our society it is necessary that men and women should know this language, besides the knowledge of the mother tongue
Moral and Religious Education Vivekananda said, “Religion is the innermost core of education. I do not mean my own or anyone elses opinion about religion. 1. Religious education is a vital part of a sound curriculum. 2. Upanishads and the Vedas are the most important curriculum for religious education. For him, religion is a self realization and divinization. 3. It is not only individual’s development but also for the transformation of total man. The true religion cannot be limited to a particular place of time.
4.He pleaded for unity of world religion. He realized truth while practising of religion. The truth is the power, untruth is the weakness. Knowledge is truth, ignorance is untruth. Thus truth increases power, courage and energy. 5. In Vivekananda’s point of view, ethics and religion are one and the same. God is always on the side of goodness. 6. To fight for goodness is the service to God. The moral and religion education develop the self-confidence among the young men and women.
Education of the Mass The individual development is not a full development of our nation, so he needs to give education to the society or common people. 1.The education is not only confined to the well-to-do persons only but also to the poor people. Vivekananda emphasised to improve the conditions of the masses and he advocated mass education. 2. He took mass education as an instrument to improve the individual as well as society. ‘ I consider that the great national sin is the neglect of the masses, and that is one of the causes of our downfall’. 4. ‘No amount of politics would be of any avail until the masses of India are well-educated, well-fed and well- cared for.’ 
Man Making Education Educational philosophy of Swami Vivekananda is a harmonious synthesis between the ancient Indian ideals and modern Western beliefs. 1. He not only stressed on the physical, mental, moral, spiritual and vocational development of the child but also he advocated women education as well as education of the masses. 2. The essential characteristics of his educational philosophy are idealism, naturalism and pragmatism. In a naturalistic view point, he emphasized that real education is possible only through nature and natural propensities.
3.In the form of idealist view point, he insists that the aim of education is to develop the child with moral and spiritual qualities 4.In the pragmatists view point, he emphasized the great stress on the Western education of technology, commerce, industry and science to achieve material prosperity. In short, Swami Vivekananda is an idealist at heart. 5. First of all he emphasized spiritual development, then the material prosperity, after that safety of life and then solving the problems of food and clothing of the masses.
Self Education Self education is the self knowledge ie. our own self is the best guide in the struggle of our life. 1. If we take one example, the childhood stage, the child will face a lot of problems or commit mistakes in the process of character formation. 2. The child will learn much by his mistakes. Errors are the stepping stones of our progress in character. This progress needs courage and strong will. The strong will is the sign of great character.
Women Education Women education is not in the hands of others, the powers are in the women themselves. Vivekananda considered women to be the incarnation of power and asked men to respect them everywhere. 1. He rightly pointed out that unless Indian women secure a respectable place in this country, the nation can never march forward. 2. The important features of his scheme of female education are to make them strong, fear-less, and conscious of their chastity and dignity.
3.He insists that men and women are equally competent not only in the academic matters, but also must have equal companionship at home and family. 4.Vivekananda being a keen observer could distinguish the difference in perception about the status of women in the West and in India. 5. “The ideal women in India is the mother, the mother first, and the mother last.
Education of the Poor Vivekananda pleaded for the universal education so that the backward people may fall in line with others. 1. To uplift the backward classes he choose education as a powerful instrument for their life process. 2. Thus education should spread to every household in the country, to factories, playing grounds and agricultural fields. If the children do not come to the school the teacher should reach them.
3.Two or three educated men should team up, collect all the paraphernalia of education and should go to the village to impart education to the children. 4.Thus, Vivekananda favoured education for different sections of society, rich and poor, young and old, male and female.
Conclusion By analysing Swami Vivekananda’s education policy, the upliftment of masses is possible only through education. His views on education brings light on its constructive, practical and comprehensive character. Through education, he tries to materialize the moral and spiritual welfare and upliftment of humanity, irrespective of caste, creed, nationality or time.