An educational tactile sensation providing apparatus includes a top panel having a manipulation input surface; a position detector configured to detect a position of a manipulation input performed on the manipulation input surface; a display part disposed on a back face side of the top panel; a first vibrating element configured to generate a vibration in the manipulation input surface of the top panel; a memory configured to store tactile sensation data in which an image of a target tangible object is associated with positions in the image and amplitudes corresponding to tactile sensations of the target tangible object at the respective positions; and a drive controlling part configured to adjust an amplitude of a driving signal based on the position of the manipulation input performed on the manipulation input surface and a position among the positions in the image included in the tactile sensation data.