Sri Aurobindo was born in Calcutta in 1872 to Dr. Krishnadhan Ghosh and Swarnalata Devi. He returned to India in 1893 and taught English at Baroda College before moving to Pondicherry, where he spent the last 40 years of his life developing an ashram. The document discusses Sri Aurobindo's views on education, including its aim of developing the body, mind, and spirit through cultivating morality, senses, consciousness, and values while allowing the mind to grow naturally from the simple to the complex. It also describes the Sri Aurobindo International Centre of Education in Pondicherry which follows this model from kindergarten through higher education with

1. Subhadra Samantaray
Research Scholar
Department of Education
Ravenshaw University

2.  Aurobindo was born on 15th August, 1872
in Calcutta.
 His father was Dr. Krishnadhan Ghosh and
mother was Swarnalata Devi.
 He returned to India in 1893 and joined as
professor of English at Baroda College in
Gujarat.
 He went to Pondicherry and spent his
remaining 40 years in his Ashram.

3. Education of body, mind and spirit.
total spiritual orientation to the whole
education and the life of the nation.

4.  Perfection of soul
 Realization of inner self
 Physical development
 Development of morality
 The development of senses
 Development of consciousness
 Harmony of the individual and collectivity
 Cultivation of values

6.  Nothing can be taught.
 Mind has to be consulted in its growth.
 Work from the near to the far, from that which is to
that which shall be.

7.  Sri Aurobindo International Centre of
Education at Pondicherry
 sections from Kindergarten till the Higher
Course.
 Flexibility is one of the cardinal virtues of this
institution
 Physical education is given great importance
 daily routine of activities is formulated

8.  Message to Student-----service for nation
 The role of the state----Govt. is for the people
 National education-----priority to the need of
education
 The Supramental------raise man to a larger
consciousness