EDUCATIONAL THOUGHTS OF AUROBINDO AND ITS RELEVANCE TO THE PRESENT DAY EDUCATION

The present paper is an attempt to know about the thoughts of a great philosopher and eminent educationist Sri Aurobindo Ghose. In this study researcher used philosophical and historical method of research. Articles, books and internet are the sources of data mainly used by the researcher to complete this study. Aurobindo's educational philosophy is the part of his philosophy of life. In his philosophy of life, he pointed out the realization of the world soul as the ultimate goal of human life. To achieve this objective, he adopted education. He believed that the developmental process that helps people realize the existence of an omnipotent world-consciousness is education. We can feel an Idealistic touch in his thoughts of education. He emphasized that self realization is the ultimate goal of education. According to him Education is not only to increase one's knowledge by memorizing some theoretical subjects but also through education it will be possible to develop the spiritual, social and values of the individual. An important aspect of Aurobinda’s philosophy of education is to develop integrated personality of an individual through inculcate love, knowledge, power and beauty which helps us to being human. He said that the path of synthesis divinity is yoga or meditation. He also separately gives his statement on aims, curriculum of education, principle of teaching, role of teacher etc. Sri Aurobindo given his idea in 19th centaury regarding the education system, yet his viewpoint is much more relevant in the present day education system. In new education policy 2020 we accentuation on the holistic development and practice based education which was closely related with his concept of integral education and practice of yoga. Moreover, his view on teaching - learning is very similar with the modern concept of child centric education. Educational philosophy of Aurobindo has been imparting clear knowledge to all, including teachers and students, about the proper purpose, aims and goals of education and is regarded as the pioneer of modern education system. KEY WORDS: Sri Aurobindo, Educational Thoughts, Integral Education, , Present day Education.