ANNEXURE2

REFORMATI
ONOFI ANE
NDI ONS
DUCATI YSTEM

Theforgot
teneducati
onsyst
em ofAnci entIndi
aGurukul
:Ancientr
esidenti
alschool
ofI
ndiawhereLordRam andLordKrishnastudied.SuchGurukulwerealsoatt
ended
byvari
ousrul
ersofIndi
ali
kethePandavas, t
heKauravas,
etc.

TheGurukulwasani nspi
rat
iontomanymedi evalst
ageuniver
siti
esl i
keNal
anda,
Taxi
l
aandVi kramshil
aorVal l
abhi
.ManyJat akastori
esandt ravell
ersi
ncl
udi
ng
HuweinTsangment i
onedthem i
nthei
rscri
ptur
es.Varanasii
sthepl acewher
eone
mayfindmanygurukul
salongwit
hPathshal
asandAnnakshetr
as.

Renowned scholar
stext
sli
ke Ar
yabhat
tand Pat
anj
aliwer
e al
so t
aughtt
othe
st
udentsi
nGur ukul
s.

Gurukulwast heschoolwher ethest udent

sl ef
tt heirfami
li
estol i
vewiththei
r
teachersandgainknowl
edgeoflife.ThestudentslearntYogi
csci
ences,per
for
med
warsci encepr
acti
cal
s,mart
ialar
tsandspor tsaswel l.Thiswayi
tleadstohol
isti
c
developmentofthepupi
laswell
.

Indi
ahasal waysbeenknownf ori
tsbri
ghtestminds,gl
oriouspastandgreatrul
ers.
Thecr edi
toft hisgl
orymustbegi ventoi tsorgani
sedandcul tural
lydevel
oped
Gurukuleducati
onsystem.Sinceanci
entI
ndia,theconceptofschool sandhostels
andteacherstudentr
elat
ionshi
phasbeenofprimeimportance.

Gurukul
shadthr
eebasicpil
l
ars-theAchar
yaortheteacher
,theShi
shy
aort
he
st
udentandt
heashr
am ort
heplacewher
etheyi
nter
act
ed.

Theter
misder
ivedf
rom Gurumeani
ngt
eacherandKul
ameani
ngcl
anorf
ami
l
y.The
school
swer
eknownasGur ukul
s.

Themet hodoft eachi

ngi nv
olvedtheGur utest
ingst
udentsbefor
eev er
yl esson.The
teacherusedt otakeanor alrevi
siontestofthestudent
stoanal y
set heirlear
ning.
Heret het eachersandt hestudentsli
vedtogetherf
orimpart
ingknowl edgeandl ife
skil
ls.Thiswasbasi cal
lyanamal gamationoftext
bookandpracti
caleducation.

Theker nelofthi
seducati
onsystem l
i
esinthepr i
ncipl
esofdi
sci
pli
neandhardwork.
Studentswer e expect
ed tolearnfrom theirgurusand use t
heirknowl
edge i
n
practi
calli
fe.Thiswaythestudentswithbetteri
ntell
i
gencewer
eabletomemor i
se
fastert
hanot her
sandwer emovedont oanotherl
essonbytheGuru.

I
twasnotasy st
em thatexi
ststodaywheret hechi
l
drenneedtowaitforot
hersin
thei
rcl
asstomemorisethelessonsothatthewholeclasscanbeshi
ft
edtothenext
one.Thestudent
swhower ecapableofprogressi
ngwer enev
erhi
nderedduetothe
nonperf
ormers.

InGurukul
,theeducati
ongivenwaspr ofuselyinfl
uencedbyt hecult
ureandr eli
gion
whichwereincrementalel
ement softheanci entIndiansociety.Theemphasi swas
onholist
icl
earningwithanincrementalfocusonpr ofessi
onal,soci
al,rel
i
giousand
spi
rit
ualeducati
on.Thebasi sofbeingsel ectedbyagur ukulwasani mpeccable
att
it
udeandmor alst
rengththatcoul
dbedi splayedthroughimpeachabl econduct.

The gurukuleducat
ion sy
stem resul
ted i
nt he al
l
-around dev
elopmentoft
he
i
ndi
vidualandemphasizedapsychol
ogi
calmethodofteachi
ng.
Themai
nobj
ect
ivesofourSanat
anf
orm ofmoder
nGur
ukul
educat
ionsy
stem ar
e:

 Hol
i
sti
cDev
elopment

 Per
sonal
i
tygr
owt
h

 Spi
ri
tual
Awakeni
ng

 Awar
enessaboutnat
ureandsoci
ety

 Passi
ngonofknowl
edgeandcul
tur
ethr
oughgener
ati
ons

 Sel
f-
cont
rol
anddi
sci
pli
nei
nli
fe

 Mar
ti
alar
tforSel
f-
def
ense

 Dev
elopPat
ri
oti
sm

 I
ncl
usi
onofModer
nEducat
ionSy
ll
abust
ocompet
ethemoder
nwor
ld.

Foll
owingt heGuru-Shi
shyamodel ,themet hodofteachi
ngwasmai nlyverbalwhere
l
ectures,questi
oninganddi scussi
onf ormedani ntegr
alpartoftheeducation.The
students were eval
uated on the basis ofknowledge ret
enti
on,appl
icati
on,and
behaviour
.

Thepupi l
sgeneral
lyaccompanythet eacherev er
ywherecar r
yingthei
rseat
s,robes,
tooth stick and wat
er.Teachersf ocus on i mpart
ing students wi
th et
iquett
es,
disci
pline,absti
nenceand simpli
city.Whi l
ef ormaleducat i
on isfocused on the
relat
ionshipbetweenateacherandtheirstudentsforapar
ticulargr
adeorperiod

TheSanatanGur ukuleducationsyst
em hasabr oadandpositi
vevisi
ont owards
teachi
ng.Hencestudentsbelongi
ngtoallcastes,rel
i
gionsandr
acesarewelcomed
withequal
it
y.Alt
houghSanat anform ofeducationisgivenmor
eimportancealong
withphil
osophi
calaspects.

Thi
seducati
onsy st
em hasal sobroadandposi
tiv
ev i
siontodevel
opPatri
oti
sm
amongstt
hepupil
sandwillencour
agethem t
oser
vethenati
onforatl
east4y
earsin
def
enceaft
erthei
rcompl
it
ionofeducati
on.

Thus,i
nthismodernfor m ofSanat
anGurukuleducat
ionsyst
em shal
lpr
ovi
deanall
roundpersonal
i
tydev elopmentincl
udi
ngphy si
cal,mental
,moralandint
ell
ect
ual
devel
opmentofstudents.

"
Vishwastari
yaSanat anMahasabha"str
ongl
ybel
i
evest
hatthi
sSanat
anfor
m of
modernGur ukuleducati
onsy st
em i
stheonl
ywaytobr
ingbackI
ndi
atheti
tl
eof
"
Vishwaguru"inthel
ongr un.