Crisis of Tagore’s Education System in the Context of Market Economy: A Case Study on Brahmacharya-Vidyalaya in Santiniketan

Policy of reservation in various aspects is now under a great question. A group of social scientists are trying to uplift the society as well as the economy through various reservation policies. Here the present author has confined his study within the education system. Education is the factor of social development as well as economic development. It reveals the internal and external appearance of any community. The present paper is focusing on Tagore’s education system as a form of Brahmacharya-Vidyalaya within Santiniketan. In 1901, Tagore sowed the seed of the education system which has now become a tree- Visva-Bharati Central University. The question arises in everybody’s mind along with the present author whether this education system is fitted or misfitted in the environment of competitive present market economy. Author has proclaimed a few suggestions to restore this Brahmacharya-Vidyalaya.