A STUDY ON THE RELEVANCY OF EDUCATIONAL PHILOSOPHY OF SWAMI VIVEKANANDA IN THE PRESENT EDUCATIONAL SCENARIO

Abstract

Varied and rich cultural heritage is a prominent characteristic of India as a nation. In the 19th Century several great educationists of the country evolved and came up with their individual ideology and philosophy of education to establish a perfect education system. Among these schools of philosophy Swami Vivekananda’s contribution towards Indian education system was highly influential. Spirituality is the versatile characteristic of Swami Vivekananda philosophy. He was well versed with the ideology of Vedas. His philosophy always encourages the spirit of humanity which was reliable in every step of human life. His ideology was the all round development of spiritual, moral, cultural, physical development of man. The philosophy of Swami Vivekananda was the path finder for reconstruction of Indian education system. The influence of Vedas was more prominent in his thoughts, philosophy which characterized as self reliance, self knowledge, fearlessness and concentration. According to Swami Vivekananda “Education means the process by which character is formed, strength of mind is increased, and intellect is sharpened, as a result of which an individual can stand on ones own feet”. He considered man as a sum total of body mind and soul and said that there are two aspects of human life – physical and spiritual. His attitude towards modernization is that the masses should be educated before anything else is done. True education to him was not for the carrier but for the contribution to the nation. Hence an attempt has been made to study and analyze the relevance of educational philosophy of Swamiji in the present scenario. The researcher has carried out the study with the help of secondary sources and content analysis method was adopted for interpretation of the gathered information.