Education in Ancient India:
1. The historical Sources provide the information that from very early times, the tradition on teaching and learning had been in vogue in India.
2. The concept of Education might have originated from the Vedas.
3. The literal meaning the Sanskrit word ‘Veda’ is knowledge and the word derived from the word Vid, which means ‘to know’.
Gurukula System in ancient India :
1. In ancient India, both formal and informal education existed.
2. There were people in homes, villages and temples who guided young children in imbibing pious ways of life.
3. Teaching was oral and students remembered and meditated upon what was taught in the Gurukulas Guru / Acharya.
