Student – Teacher Relationship In Vedic Educational System

Abstract

Research shows that there is agreement amongst teachers and educators that a positive relationship between teacher
and student is beneficial. Teachers are looking for ways to develop and maintain this relationship. Ancient Indian
(broadly speaking “Vedic”) education has been practiced for a long time with the same objectives.
In this paper the authors want to briefly analyze those aspects of Vedic knowledge dealing with education through the
view of a few scholars. Even though it may not be easy to apply all parts of this knowledge in contemporary education,
it will be reasonable to conduct a deeper study to determine which aspects could be applied and attempt to make these
results available to aid teachers, parents, and educators in their tasks. The authors argue that work on improving the
depth of relationships between student and teacher, could be benefitted by consideration and application of Vedic
educational principles.