Visionary Perception of Swami Vivekanand and Rabindranath Tagore towards Education

Abstract

The educationist's views on education reveal that they were the outstanding product of Indian nationalism and s brilliant exponents of ancient Indian wisdom. There is a galaxy of Indian intellectuals who did experiments with education on Indian soil like others. The researcher regardsall these philosophers with respect and gratitude as they enriched the Indian education system with their intellectualism as well as vision of unit in diversity. In fact, these people were responsible for the 'Indian Renaissance' in the education system. Due to their selfless hard work and participation, Indian planners set fourth an indigenous education system since independence. Compared today educational level of Indians at the time of independence, today India has produced hundred times graduates, post graduates, engineers, doctors, lawyers, scientists and research scholars, however the population has just tripled. Here this paper express the educational views and aims of education of Swami Vivekanandand RabindraNath Tagore the following passages for our understanding of problems and prospects of Indian education with historical antecedents.