Role of education as an instrument of social change
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Education fulfils the needs of society and propagates such ideas which promote social change in all fields of life. In this way, education becomes a social process by means of which society moulds children according to its needs and approved patterns of behavior. Functions of education as an instrument of social change are as follows:
(1) Stabilizing Eternal Values
Education protects eternal values, saves them from pernicious effects of social changes and promotes their knowledge and acceptance in such a manner that inspite of social changes, people in general keep faith in these values. In our society such eternal values are of moral and spiritual nature. Education should protect, preserve and promote these values.
(2) Increasing the Areas of Knowledge
Education promotes in the individuals the capacity to increase the scope of knowledge more and more for their benefit. It opens new areas for investigations and researches, which bring about desirable changes in material as well as non-material aspects of culture. Thus education prepares ground for the advent of social change.
(3) Leadership Role in Social Change
Education provides leadership in social change. Education makes people capable to initiate and guide for needed social changes by fighting successfully against social evils, customs and blind traditions. Thus people become capable for realizing their own true personality to the full and promote social welfare to greater and greater extent.
(1) Stabilizing Eternal Values
Education protects eternal values, saves them from pernicious effects of social changes and promotes their knowledge and acceptance in such a manner that inspite of social changes, people in general keep faith in these values. In our society such eternal values are of moral and spiritual nature. Education should protect, preserve and promote these values.
(2) Increasing the Areas of Knowledge
Education promotes in the individuals the capacity to increase the scope of knowledge more and more for their benefit. It opens new areas for investigations and researches, which bring about desirable changes in material as well as non-material aspects of culture. Thus education prepares ground for the advent of social change.
(3) Leadership Role in Social Change
Education provides leadership in social change. Education makes people capable to initiate and guide for needed social changes by fighting successfully against social evils, customs and blind traditions. Thus people become capable for realizing their own true personality to the full and promote social welfare to greater and greater extent.
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