International Journal of Educational Research and Development Vol. 3(6), pp. 092-095, August 2014 ISSN 2327-316X ©2014 Academe Research Journals

Review

Sri Aurobindo Ghosh: Pioneer of integral education

Rukhsana Akhter

Department of Education, University of Kashmir, India. E-mail: showkat80ahmad@gmail.com.

Accepted 30 April, 2014

Abstract

The main objective of this study was to analyze the integral education as envisaged by Sri Aurobindo Ghosh. For conducting this study, philosophical and historical methods were employed. The primary and secondary sources related to Sri Aurobindo Ghosh’s educational philosophy were evaluated after detailed analysis. The general philosophical tools used for the study was induction, deduction, dialectical analysis and synthesis. The study revealed that a learner educated under the principles of integral education would be found to be useful not only to himself and to his family but also to the society in which he lives and the humanity to which he belongs. Such individuals are not only great assets to humanity but also the fore-runners of the new race towards which humanity is evolving, though slowly but certainly.

Key words: Aurobindo Ghosh, humanity, integral education, harmony, transformation.