8th Class Social Science Arts and Cultural Movements Question Bank Education Under the British Rule - Give Reasons

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    Rabindranath Tagore set up a school in Shantiniketan.

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    Rabindra Nath Tagore directed his efforts primarily at education with the foremost hope of promoting literacy. He was one of the first in India to argue for a humane education system that was in touch with the environment and aimed at overall development of the personality. When Rabindranath Tagore was young, he felt that going to school was a torture. So, he tried to establish a school where children might be free in spite of the school. He opened his first school at Shantiniketan in 1901. It was established in a beautiful spot, far away from town, where the children had the greatest freedom possible. It was An experimental place of learning with a classroom under the trees and a group of five pupils. He believed that learning in a natural environment would be more enjoyable and fruitful.


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