![]() ![]() Ishwar Chandra was a man who defined his own path of action. He went from door to door, requesting heads of families to allow their daughters to be enrolled in schools. He exercised his power to open schools for girls and even outlined suitable curriculum to educate them. He rightly viewed education as the primary way for women to achieve emancipation from the society’s oppression they had to face at that time. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar was a strong advocate of women education. He encouraged students to study these subjects and make the best of both worlds. He, also, introduced courses in European History, Philosophy and Science alongside Vedic scriptures. He included English and Bengali as mediums of learning, besides Sanskrit. As a professor in Sanskrit College, he brought a modern outlook into the method of teaching. Vidyasagar is credited with the role of completely changing the old method of teaching which prevailed in Sanskrit College. Thus, he brought about a revolution in the Bengali Education System. ![]() His book ‘Borno Porichoy’ (Introduction to the Alphabet) is still used as the introductory text to teach the Bengali alphabet. ![]() Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar refined the way the Bengali language was written and taught. ![]()
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