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Role of educational institutes in society. Presented by: Dr. Jatin D Patel I/C Director, Shri A.N. Patel P. G. Institute, Anand. Education is seen as a means of cultural transmission from one generation to another in any given society.
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Role of educational institutes • in society Presented by: Dr. Jatin D Patel I/C Director, Shri A.N. Patel P. G. Institute, Anand
Educationis seen as a means of cultural transmission from one generation to another in any given society. • Societyis defined as the whole range of social relationships of people living in a certain geographic territory and having a sense of belonging to the same group.
The relationships between the two concepts are so strong that it is not possible to separate them because what happens to one affects the other. • Educational institutions are micro-societies, which reflect the entire society.
Today a large proportion of the young generation is enrolled in higher education. • Universities have become mass institutions in modern societies.
Five main functions • Their first function lies in providing education and training within a structure which combines research and teaching. • Secondly, they provide professional traininglike medicine, teaching and the law.
Thirdly, they are research institutions, responsible for carrying out research in a broad range of disciplines, including the increasing amount of interdisciplinary work, and linked to this, for training a constant supply of qualified people for all fields of employment.
Fourthly, they have a part to play in regional development and also in developing international contacts. • Fifthly, they have a social function in raising the intellectual and social development of society.
Modern universities are mass institutions in a good sense. • In the highly developed countries in particular, a large section of any age group is actively engaged in higher education.
The tendency to spend all or part of one's working life at the universities in study, teaching or research is increasing in all industrialized countries. • The transition which has changed universities from educational institutions for the few into more democratic and widely accessible institutions has also brought a qualitative change.
Universities no longer have the monopoly of higher education. • New institutions have emerged, for example the Polytechnics, pharmacy, software oriented courses etc. • The internationalization of the universities and the contacts among all the different categories and types of institutions are engaged in higher studies and the percentage is rising every year.
Universities have thus become cost-intensive institutions. • This development has come about because life in modern society increasingly demands specialized knowledge. • The help of science is essential:
The help of science is essential: • In order to maintain and improve • living conditions; • 2. To improve the organization of modern • societies; • 3. To cope with the growing complexity • of work processes.
The numbers entering the institutions of higher education from secondary schools are rising every year. • The international economic development, (more and more specialized techniques and scientifically based methods). • Regional development
Development of modern • mass universities
Never before has the growth in knowledge, hypotheses and new theories on the objects accessible to scientific study as there is today. • Never before has the day-today life of the individual been so much influenced by science. • Public awareness of the influence of science on social development.
The universities no longer have a monopoly. • No course of study can provide the skills needed for a life-time, • Institutes offer continuing advanced courses for their own graduates and for the wider society, particularly in relation to the world of employment.
The changes in social structures that have become increasingly apparent in the last decade also support this. • These, together with the development of science, explain the high student numbers expected in the coming decades despite falling demographic projections.
Employment and the organization of work have greatly changed. • Work processes have become increasingly dependent on scientific and technical developments. • More and more academically qualified young people and people with specialized knowledge are therefore needed to cope with the work.
