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To what extent can education and skill development be an agent of social change? Critically analyze.

  • UPSC 2025
  • Education System and Social Change

Education forms dispositions; skill development certifies competences for a labour market. Policy treats both as levers of transformation, a faith grounded in the human capital theory of Theodore W. Schultz ("Investment in Human Capital", 1961) and Gary S. Becker (Human Capital, 1964). The sociological question is narrower: do they alter the structure of opportunity, or…

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  • Where their transformative power is real
  • Why the extent is sharply limited
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