SWAMI VIVEKANANDA ' S IDEAS ON EDUCATION AND THEIR RELEVANCE TODAY

Swami Vivekananda's views of Education are briefly presented in this paper. Education does not mean a load of information that is inserted by force into the mind of a child. He was against le system of the contemporary educational system which fans greed, turned men into slave: pable of slavery and nothing else. In India divinity was the basic foundation of educatic based on the philosophy of Vedanta and Upanishads. Education needs to be life-building, man-making, and character-making. The process of education is like growing a plant from a Small seed. Care is needed during the developing stages: The role of parents and teachers is of greatest importance for the support and guidance. In this respect, Swami ji's ideas are extremely relevant and needed today. Vivekananda not only proposed high ideals of education but also suggested sound methods for achieving them. The purpose of teaching is to awaken the inner self. Once awakened, anyone will take care of themselves. Man-making education is the need of the day toward off the social customs. (Based on a paper submitted at the Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Gol Park, Kolkata, 2016)