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“Education is one of the basic activities for the continued existence and development of a society.” Elaborate this statement.

  • UPSC 2006
  • Education System and Social Change

Every society is mortal in its members and continuous in its culture; education is the bridge between the two. Émile Durkheim called it the methodical socialisation of the younger generation, and Talcott Parsons placed it in the pattern-maintenance and integration cells of his AGIL scheme — functional prerequisites without which no social system persists. The…

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  • Education and continued existence
  • Education and development
  • The latent side
  • The Indian record
  • Conclusion

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