Tagore's ideas for creating a system of education aimed at promoting international co-operation and creating global citizens. Tagore envisioned an education that was deeply rooted in one’s immediate surroundings but connected to the cultures of the wider world, predicated upon pleasurable learning and individualised to the personality of the child. He felt that the curriculum should revolve organically around nature, with flexible schedules to allow for shifts in weather, and with special attention to natural phenomena and seasonal festivities. The aims reflected in the institution founded by Tagore: Self realisation: Spiritual is the essence of humanism. Manifestation of personality depends upon the self-realisation and spiritual knowledge of individual. Intellectual Development: It means development of imagination, creative free thinking, constant curiosity, alertness ofthe mind. Freedom of child to adopt his own way of learning, which would lead to all-round developm
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