This document discusses the importance and functions of social institutions. It defines social institutions as permanent structures that fulfill common human needs and desires through establishing roles, practices, and regulations. The key social institutions discussed are family, marriage, and religion. They provide security, socialization, and a sense of social unity while also regulating behavior and nourishing members of society.

1. Quality Education For All

2. SOCIAL INSTITUTION

3. MARRIAGE

4. FAMILY

5. RELIGION

6.  Important to understand
the society.
 Fulfils the social needs of
human beings.
 Roles, moral values,
status, belief, practices.
 Rules and regulations.

7.  Common needs and desire
– institution grows.
 Summer and Keller –
organs and cells – customs
and institutions.
 Summer said, “ A social
institution is a permanent
structure that fulfils the
desires of human beings”.

8.  Maciver and Page, “
Social institutions are the
structure devised to fulfil
the desires of a particular
social group.”

9. IMPORTANCE OF
SOCIAL
INSTITUTION

10.  Medium of culture – cultural
aspects
 Fulfils the needs of the
members.
 Define and regulate the
behavior of members.
 Social institutions provides roles
to individuals.

11. FUNCTIONS
AND ROLE OF
SOCIAL
INSTITUTIONS

12.  NOURISHMENT OF THE MEMBERS
 SECURITY AND SOCIALISATION
FAMILY

13.  SOCIAL SANCTION
 OLD SOCIAL INSTITUTION
 BASE FOR FAMILY
 CREATES SOCIAL UNITY FROM
DIFFERENT SOCIAL
BACKGROUND
MARRIAGE

14.  LEGAL SANCTITY OF
RELATIONSHIP

15.  SOCIALISATION –
truthfulness, patience,
peace, by various customs
and rituals.
 SOCIAL UNITY – symbols and
customs.
 PROTECTION OF VALUES –
truthfulness, honesty and non
– violence.
RELIGION

16.  SOCIAL CONTROL – God
and spiritual concepts.

17. THANK YOU.