Volume : I, Issue : VII, December - 2012

Sir Syed Ahmad Khan’s Vision on Education

Dr. Nasrin

Abstract :

Sir Syed Ahmad Khan was great intellectual, a radical thinker, a keen historian, an enlightened and forward looking educationists. The western denomination which lasted until 1945 has crumbled and in its place a politically conscious new world has arrived to which the Muslim belong. In each type of Muslim society various types of revolution erupt which often passed the ruic of Islam. One such was globalization and modernization whose fire were stroked by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan. In the long run this plan would prove to be a creative and decisively shape the societies of Muslim India. Sir Syed held the view that education was a means of fostering and cultivating the inherent potentialities of the child. He accepted that any method of teaching that makes the learner creative and constructive should be followed. He emphasized that for smooth functioning of education institutions, sympathetic, imaginative and democratic system of administration is essential. He believed that it would be easier for Indians to study different disciplines of studies through vernacular medium. On the whole, one can conclude that Sir Syed’s vision on Education was a link between traditional and modern education. His educational ideas got practical shape in the form of Mohammadan Anglo Oriental College then rose to an academic institution i.e. Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh.

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Dr. Nasrin Sir Syed Ahmad Khan’s Vision on Education International Journal of Scientific Research, Vol.I, Issue.VII Dec 2012

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