Question

Explain about Gurukula system?

Answer 1

1. In ancient India, both formal and informal education existed. Indigenous education was imparted at home, in temples, patashalas, and gurukuls.
2. There were people in homes, villages, and temples who guided young children in imbibing pious ways of life. Temples played a vital role in imparting education and served the centres of learning.
3. Students went to viharas and universities for higher studies. Teaching was oral and students remembered and meditated upon what was taught in the Gurukulas. Many of these Gurukulas were named after die sages.
4. Situated in forests, in serene and peaceful surroundings, hundreds of students used to learn together in Gurukulas.
5. During the early period education was imparted by the teacher (Guru/Acharya) to the pupils who gathered around him and came to live in his house as members of his family. This was known as the Gurukula system of education.