4.1 Meaning of social policy in education
Education
and society are the two sides of a coin, No single side can exist in absence of
the other. Education is for society therefore education should be relevant to
the society. Education concerns with the society of each nation. Actually it is
education which determines the fate of the nation. Education moulds the society
and social development contributes the national development. So, education
policy is social policy and vice versa. Otherwise if education does not concern
with society and society avoids education, education will be sterile and
society will remain barren.
Education
is a vehicle through which a society gets developed. On the one hand it is
education that develops society; on the other hand, education gets changed as
the social policy changes. The change of socio-economic political scenario of
the society also brings change in education. In other words, education can
change the social policy, and social policy also brings change in education.
Until educational policy can address the real need, interest and aspirations of
the society and unless social policy can apply the relevant education in the
society, such society never gets developed. That is why educational policy
determines the fate and future of the society. Since education preserves,
transmits and develops the social, norms, values and culture, and education
reconstructs the society as a change o time, social policy is the fundamental
foundation of education policy. The following two concepts remain relevant on
social and educational policy as follows
A. Social
factors in the selection of education
a. Intelligence
b. Environment
c. Economic
Factor
d. Population
e. Biasness
of Authority
f. Culture
or Language
B. Equal
Opportunity in Education
a. Investment
in education
b. Equal
distribution of educational facilities
c. Development
of positive attitude
d. Vocational
and technical education
e. Democratization
in education
f. Economical
subsidy or scholarship
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