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Aims of education
i) Education in ancient India placed a lot of emphasis on communal co-operation as what affects one person or the family has a chain effect on other members of the village or society. The rulers were expected to be benevolent to their subjects. Education therefore played an important role for cementing the family, village and imperial values.
ii) The system of education was meant to preserve the caste system through the use of precedent, history and strict observance of custom to stress the inequality in society. The people were therefore educated to respect their class and positions and to follow in the footsteps of their parents. People were fitted to specific occupations and division of labor. Accordingly, the sudras, pariahs and women had no opportunities for education.
iii) Education was meant to enhance the spiritual outlook of the society. Education was to help the faithful observe religious obligations by engaging in contemplation, meditation as well as mysticism to help one reach Enlightenment or Nirvana. Education set out to inculcate the tenets of good character and self-denial, acceptance of one's caste, compassion, sympathy, usefulness and respect for all.
marto answered the question on March 19, 2019 at 08:12