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ASSIGNMENT 1. Write a note Education as a Social Institution. 2. Institutions fulfill functions necessary for the society to survive. In today’s technologically oriented society, what would happen if there were no educational institutions? What would be the results for people seeking jobs, for the economy, and for families? Ans 1: Education as a Social Institution: Education is a social institution through which a society's children are taught basic academic knowledge, learning skills, and cultural norms. Every nation in the world is full with some form of education system, though those systems vary greatly. The major factors that affect education systems are the resources and money that are utilized to support those systems in different nations. education is not only concerned with the basic academic concepts that a student learns in the classroom. Societies also educate their children, outside of the school system, in matters of everyday practical living. There are two type Formal education describes the learning of academic facts and concepts through a formal curriculum. It includes examined topics through formalized methods of learning. The Industrial Revolution and its accompanying social changes made education more accessible to the general population. In contrast, informal education describes learning about cultural values, norms, and expected behaviors by participating in a society. This type of learning occurs both through the formal education system and at home. Our earliest learning experiences generally happen via parents, relatives, and others in our community. Through informal education, we learn how to dress for different occasions, how to perform regular life routines like shopping for and preparing food, and how to keep our bodies clean. International Education: International education is a comprehensive approach to education that prepares learners to be active and engaged participants in an interconnected world. Understanding of a broad array of phenomena is enhanced and deepened through examination of the cultures, languages, contexts, governments, religions and history of the world. International education includes knowledge of other parts of the world, familiarity with international/global issues and respect of other peoples and cultures. Multicultural Education: Multicultural education is a field of study whose major aim is to create equal educational opportunities for students from diverse racial, ethnic, social class and cultural groups. Its main goal is to enable all students acquire the knowledge, attitudes and skills needed to function effectively in a pluralistic democratic society and to interact, negotiate and communicate with peoples from diverse groups in order to create a civic and morality.

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Geographical/ environmental factors. Language of instruction Social and Cultural Factors External/ Foreign Influences Quality Political Factors/Role of government Religious factors

2 Institutions fulfill functions necessary for the society to survive. In today’s technologically oriented society, what would happen if there were no educational institutions? What would be the results for people seeking jobs, for the economy, and for families?

Ans: Education is a spiritual, virtual and intangible process regardless you are connected to any formal educational institutions or not. Education is a continuous process. It is life time learning n human mind n brain is by nature programmed to learn from others experiences as well as from your own experiences of expedition. You learn from your mistakes when do something new. Once you learnt from your own self the information you excel become your education. So, education is a nevertheless. You ultimately learn n get education. Your learning makes you wise. And wisdom is not a piece of paper we generally get in the form of degrees. Wisdom is the capability to deal with people of all types n critical situations. Undoubtedly formal educational institutions n system refined that wisdom but it fortunately not the only means to polish your wisdom. By using all your senses, you can get education in any age at any place from one anything. It’s fair to say that education is a basic human right, period, no matter what kind of background one comes from. Education is a key tool for a huge range of global developments, and one that many of us would assume is getting easier to access for more and more people worldwide. Poverty is one of the most common effect of lack of education of an individual. One who lacks real learning will be poor because when you lack education, there is a possibility that you can’t apply for a job. If you don’t have any job, you don’t have the source of your income. If you don’t have the income, you can provide your basic needs and also your family. And poverty starts here and sometimes tend to minor effects like teenagers might experience early and teenage pregnancy. Poverty is a major effect of lack of education....