ANCIENT EDUCATION SYSTEM IN INDIA
ALL OF US ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE ROLE OF EDUCATION IN ONES LIFE AND SOURCE OF WHICH IS OUR TEACHERS AND IT IS WRITTEN IN 'SHATHPATH BRAHAMAN' THAT MAN'S EDUCATION IS INCOMPLETE WITHOUT THE ROLE OF THREE PRIMARY TUTOR ( MATA ,PITA AND AACHARYA).THE CHILD IS CONSIDERED BLESSED WHOSE PARENTS ARE WELL EDUCATED. MOTHER IS BELIEVED TO BE THE CHILD'S FIRST TEACHER WHOSE BLESSING AND PREACHING SHAPES THE CHILD'S PERSONALITY MANY TIMES MORE THAN OTHER'S DOES.IT IS THE DUTY OF PARENTS TO SEND THEIR CHILD TO GURUKUL ,THOUGH IT IS DIFFICULT FOR A PARENT TO DO SO,BUT PARENTS KEEP THEIR PARENTHOOD ASIDE SEEING THE FUTURE OF HIS CHILD.AFTER PARENTS ,THE CHILD'S PERSONALITY IS SHAPED BY AACHARYA WHICH IS INITIATED BY A RITUAL KNOWN AS "UPNAYAN SANSKAR" IN WHICH CHILD IS GIVEN A THREAD WHICH CONSISTS OF THREE MORE SUB-THREADS WHICH SYMBOLISES THE THREE DEBT OF MOTHER'S ,FATHER'S AND AACHARYA'S.AND AACHARYA AT THE SAME TIME PROMISES TO THE CHILD THAT HE WILL GIVE ALL HIS EDUCATION TO HIM AND ALSO TAKE PROMISE FORM HIM THAT HE MUST NOT CONFINE HIS KNOWLEDGE TO HIMSELF BUT TO SPREAD ALL OVER THE WORLD BY A SYMBOLIC ACT AS:AACHARYA TAKE SOME WATER IN HIS HAND AND LEFT IT INTO THE HANDS OF HIS PUPIL AND ASK HIM TO SPREAD THE WATER OVER THE LAND WHICH MEANS ALL THE KNOWLEDGE WILL BE SPREAD ALL AROUND.
IN ANCIENT EDUCATION SYSTEM THERE IS NO PROVISION OF CO-EDUCATION.AS SWAMI DAYANANDA HAS ARGUED THAT THERE SHOULD BE SEPARATE GURUKULS FOR BOTH BOYS AND GIRLS AND PLACE FOR EDUCATION MUST BE AWAY FROM TOWN(ALMOST 12 KM AWAY) ,IN A QUITE ,PEACEFUL AND PLEASANT AMBIENCE.THERE MUST BE ALL FEMALE TEACHERS IN GIRL'S GURUKUL AND ALL MALE TEACHERS IN BOYS GURUKUL, SO THAT BOTH BOYS AND GIRLS ESCAPES FROM ALL THE DISTRACTIONS LIKE INTREST IN CONFIGURATION ABOUT OPPOSITE SEX,MOTIVATION TO GRACE HIM/HERSELF ETC.THERE SHOULD BE NO DISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF CASTE,CREED,COLOUR ,EVERYBODY WILL GET SAME KINND OF EDUCATION BE IT CHILD OF A KING OR BEGGAR, EVEN ALL WILL WEAR SAME KIND OF DRESS AND EAT SAME FOOD SO THAT NO CHILD DEVELOP THE FEELING OF INFERIORITY COMPLEX WITHIN HIM.
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THE MAIN PURPOSE OF EDUCATION IS TO AWAKE ONE'S CONSCIENCE THAT LEADS TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A GOOD HUMAN, FURTHER A GOOD SOCIETY.
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