• Urmila Ramchiary

Abstact: Rabindranath Tagore and Swami Vivekananda are counted amongst the greatest educationist of the world. The philosophies of education propounded by them bear great importance to the whole humanity. They were well aware of the importance of education in modern India. They not only enlightened India but also the whole world by their outstanding personality. Rabindranath Tagore was an icon of Indian Culture. He was a poet, philosopher, musician, writer and educationist. From his own experience at school, he was convinced that the four walls of the classroom restricted the freedom of young children. The traditional school to him was like a prison house. According to him, “the highest education is that which does not merely give us information but make our life in harmony with all existence”. The present system of education does not allow us to cultivate the power of imagination. Our education system is joyless. Small children are burdened with tons of books. Tagore wrote, “From childhood to adolescence and again from adolescence to manhood, we are coolies of the goddess of leaning, carrying loads of words in our folded backs.” It has no relation to our life, the book we read have no vivid pictures of our homes and society. Swami Vivekananda was realized that tremendous emphasis on the scientific and mechanical way of life is fast reducing man to the status of machine. Moral and religious values are undermined and the fundamental principles of civilization are being ignored. Swami Vivekananda seeks the solution of all these social and global evils through education. Swami Vivekananda in his scheme of education meticulously includes all those studied which are necessary for all round development of the body, mind and soul of the individual. According to him the cultural values of the country should form an integral part of the curriculum of education.

Keywords: Philosophy, education, mechanical, curriculum, civilization, Brahmacharya , Tapasya and Sadhana

"RABINDRANATH TAGORE AND SWAMI VIVEKANANDA’S PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION AND ITS RELEVANCE IN THE PRESENT SCENAREO ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 4, page no.439-443, April-2021, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2104061.pdf

"RABINDRANATH TAGORE AND SWAMI VIVEKANANDA’S PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION AND ITS RELEVANCE IN THE PRESENT SCENAREO ", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 4, page no. pp439-443, April-2021, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2104061.pdf