A Comparative Study between Gurukul System and Western System of Education

Abstract

India, in ancient times has witnessed students which used to be like the great king Vikramaditya. He followed the teachings of his Guru, the creator of arthshastra in India The Great Chanakya,that was the power of gurukul system which transform a kid from rags to riches.

The guru used to be the person in command, whose orders were could not be delayed nor refused. He used to keep his shishya at their home like their child not like their pupils, there was a 24 hour guru-shishya relation in which the guru used to inculcate the values in his pupil through various instances and different jobs which he assigned to his pupils. The shishya used to be in continuous touch in all the walks of life with their gurus, we know about the guru shishya relation reaching to the pinnacle with the instance of Eklavya who struck his thumb on the very indication of Dronacharya who didn’t even accepted him as his shishya.

But as the time has passed in hundreds of decades,the relationship beweenn The Guru and shishya has been suffered a lot. The advent of British Rule in India has brought western method of teachings which has deteriorated the relation between guru and shishya and had changed it drastically now , guru see his pupils as customers and pupils look their gurus as service providers.