Education cannot be imparted in schools and institutions built along old lines that regard man as a body, outer life as the only field of knowledge and action, and material success as the most important goal of life. Such an ‘education’ is hardly worth its name. If we were to impart true education it should be a space rather than a school, a space that provides endless possibilities of self-learning and a natural organic growth as the child comes in contact with everyday life and it’s manifold experiences. The role of teachers will be to stimulate learning, to help the child to learn and grow himself rather than stuffing him with heaps of information and forcing him into a fixed formula of life.
At the Feet of The Mother
On Education (5)
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I had been afraid of meeting her. It had taken me six long weeks to get to this point because I was afraid of her. In some of her photographs we see how formidable she can be.