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Sociology Optional PYQ Solutions · Model answer

Distinguish between the process of formal education and socialization. Examine effectivity in formal education as an instrument of social change.

  • UPSC 2001
  • Education System and Social Change

For Émile Durkheim, education is one province of socialisation; formal education is the province a society has deliberately institutionalised. The distinction matters because only the deliberate part can be legislated and funded as a policy instrument — and that is precisely what limits its reach.

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  • Criteria-wise distinction
  • How far formal education changes society
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