Education impact on culture of the society

Education

Education plays a major role in transmission of culture; this is achieved when preservation is done form one generation to another. Cultures can potentially have a great impact on education as well as social change. Culture is the social change of any character in society. The main function of the educational system is to transmit the cultural heritage to the new generations. But in a changing society, these keep on changing from generation to generation and the educational system in such a society must not only transmit the cultural heritage, but also aid in preparing the young for adjustment to any changes in them that may have occurred or are likely to occur in future. The culture can be developed through education. That is bringing the desirable change in both the cultural and values for the progress and development of the society. The influential facts of education on culture are: preservation of culture, transmission of culture, promotion of culture, equips man to adapt to changing cultural patterns, moulding the personality, restoring unity of mankind through diffusion of culture and removing cultural lag. Culture paves the way for education while education is responsible for flavouring the cultural values in life. Therefore, both have to be interwoven in various ways

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