Sri Aurobindo Ghosh was an Indian philosopher, yogi, and poet. He was born in 1872 in Calcutta and died in 1950 in Pondicherry. He founded the Sri Aurobindo Ashram and developed a philosophy called Integral Yoga. His educational philosophy emphasized that education should be child-centered, imparted through the mother tongue, develop all faculties, and help the child become a complete person through spiritual development and self-realization. He advocated for learning by doing and suggested curriculum that included the mother tongue, sciences, humanities, and vocational skills appropriate for primary, secondary, and university levels.

1. Sri. AUROBINDO GHOSH

2. Life Sketch – Sri. Aurobindo Ghosh
 Born -1872 Aug 15, Culcutta, Bengal presidency, British
India.
 Died – 1950 December 5, Pondicherry, French India.
 Nationality – Indian
 Founder Of – Sri. Aurobindo Ashram
 Philosophy – Integral Yoga, Involution(Sri.Aurobindo)
 Literary Works – Life Divine, The synthesis of yoga,
Savithri, Agenda, The human cycle, The ideal of
human

3. Education Philosophy Of Aurobindo
 Education should be child centerd, meeting the needs
and interests of the learner.
 It should be imparted to the medium of mother
tongue.
 It should be according to the mental abilities,
aptitudes and psychological needs of the child.
 It should develop conciousness.
 It should develop all the faculties of child to make him
a complete man.

4. Aims Of Education
 Education should be a dynamic process helping the
child to become a ‘real man’.
 Self realisation.
 Spiritual development.
 To help the child to develop his moral senses to the
maximum.
 To build the powers of human mind and spirit to their
perfection.

5. Methods Of Teaching
 Aurobindo laid stress on education according to three
A’s (age,ability and aptitude).
 Impart education through the mother tongue of the
learner.
 Skills and knowledge should be imparted through the
the co-operative activities of the learner in the
educational process.
 According to Aurobindo,learning by doing is the best
method of learnig. As such he suggested education
through practical experience.
 He emphasized Montessori method for infant classes.

6. Curriculum
 Primary Stage : Mother tongue, English, French, Literature,
National history, Art, Painting, General science, Social
studies and Arithmetic.
 Secondary Stage : Mother tongue, English, French,
Arithmetic, Art, Chemistry, Physics, Botany, Physiology,
Health Education, Social Studies.
 University Stage : Indian and western philosophy, History
of civilization, English Literature, Sociology,
psychology,History of science,Chemistry, Physics,
Botany,International relations and Integration.
 Vocational Education: Art, Painting, photography, sewing,
typewriting, shorthand, cottage industries, etc.

7. Contributions to Education
 Integral education:integral education is the
philosophy and practice of education for the whole
child:body, emotions, mind, soul and spirit.
 Aurobindo suggested practical measures to synthesize
the national outlook of education with the modern
development.
 Aurobindo gave a new dimension to spiritual
education.
 Formation of new international harmony.
 Aurobindo has translated and commented upon many
of the major spiritual texts of india.

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