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Sociology Optional PYQ Solutions · Model answer

“Education is an instrument of social control and social change.” Critically examine the statement.

  • UPSC 1997
  • Education System and Social Change

The statement holds two claims in tension. Émile Durkheim insisted that education exists to attach the individual to society; Paulo Freire insisted it exists to help the oppressed name and change their world. Both are describing the same institution. The sociological task is not to choose between them but to identify the conditions under which…

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  • The case for education as social control
  • The case for education as social change
  • Critical examination: the two are not alternatives
  • Conclusion

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