Tagore on Education (Siksa)

Rabindranath felt that under the prevailing educational system, students were alienated from their roots and cultural heritage. It was meant to turn out clerks, civil servants and a few professionals. The students were concerned only with scoring good marks and securing a job. These may be needed later in life, but it was essential in the formative years to relate to their own ambience and imbibe right values. These ideas were institutionalized in Santiniketan and Sriniketan, Visva-Bharati.