Indian Journal of Multidisciplinary Research and Studies (IJMRS)

Relevance of Gurukul System in Present Education System

India is the largest education hub of all times. India's Gurukul education system has influenced not only India but also other countries. Character building, discipline, self-control etc., added with socio-political economic knowledge are the feature characteristics of Gurukul education. India used to be a destination where students used to get education, many of them were country and foreign students. The teaching according to Gurukul system could not be taught in the four walls but in the presence of nature itself. The modern education not only lies on attaining of knowledge but also to get a good job and get a mark in the society. Today, a large number of children from India go abroad for education, they feel that they cannot get good education by staying in India While India has been the biggest source of knowledge in ancient times because the education that was given in Gurukul in India was much better than today's education. Education now does not remain a knowledge but just numbers every parent will like to see the best numbers on his children and proceed with their life. It is nice that the children go ahead but there are also children who cannot get good numbers and then they proceed with suicides. It is so because of the social and parental pressure. Today's students have a lot of stress and no solution is given to remove the stress, while in ancient education meditation and yoga were also taught to calm the mind and soul. The ultimate growth of the students was the main premise of the Ancient education system. The kind of relationship that was perceived between teacher and pupils in the primeval times is not perceived now. The child in the olden days used to remain close to the teacher until he would bid farewell to the parents, and was educated. To him, his friends and parents were his teachers. During present-day education scenario, it is generally observed that the teacher-student relationship has never ventured beyond the level of formality. Nowadays we need that to fill up the gap in modern education, we must supplement them a little piece of the old system of education.