Answer:
(i) Tagore wanted to set up a school where a child could be happy/ where he could be free and creative/ where he was able to explore his own thoughts and desires. (ii) Tagore felt that childhood ought to take his own time of self-learning, outside the rigid and restricting discipline of the schooling system set up by the British. (iii) Teachers had to be imaginative/ understand the child/ and help the child develop his curiosity. (iv) According to Tagore/ the existing schools killed the natural desire of the child to be creative and his sense of wonder. (v) Tagore was of the view that creative learning could be encouraged only within a natural environment. So he chose to set up his school 100 kilometres away from Calcutta, in a rural setting. He saw it as an abode of peace (shantiniketan), where while living in harmony with nature, children could cultivate their natural creativity.
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