Education for the 21st Century – Futuristic perspective – Concerns and Issues

1. Education and Society
Education for the
21st Century –
Futuristic perspective –
Concerns and Issues
By
M.VIJAYALAKSHMI
Assistant Professor

2. UNIT-III
Education and Society

3. Unit – 3: Education and Society
3.1 Role of family, community and society in
promoting education.
3.2 Concept of social system and education as a
sub-system.
3.3 Role of Education in Social Mobility and
Social Stratification.
3.4 Education for the 21st Century - futuristic
perspective - concerns and issues.
3.5 Principles of education - four pillars as
envisioned by Delor's Commission.

4. UNIT-III
Education and Society
3.4 Education for the
21st Century –
Futuristic perspective –
Concerns and Issues.

5. The world today is in the grip of
transition.
Man of the twentieth century is
terribly confused.
In spite of that there is a hope that
man can modify his nature and
adapt himself to the growing
demands of time and changing
society.

6. • Much depends upon how we shape up
in the context of the nuclear age.
• It seems obvious that we in India are
passing through a critical period.
• It is not only economy which is
dwindling our national life, our values
and morality, our cultural heritage are
also on the point of fading away.

7. Futuristic perspective –
concerns and issues.
• Universal Education
• Equality of Opportunity
• Economic Equality
• Decentralization of power
• Use of Peaceful and Democratic Methods
• Peace and Harmony
• National Integration
• International Understanding

8. • Providing Equality
• Providing Liberty
• Providing Justice
• Establishment of Classless society
• Betterment of Individual and Society
• Development of Individuals Personality
• Education for Citizenship
• Education for Productivity
• Advancement of Social, Moral and
Cultural life

9. • Constitutional and legal provisions for
education
• Equality of educational opportunities
• A minimum of compulsory elementary
education for all within a certain age
group
• Equalization of educational opportunities
for backward sections of society
• Education for economic development
• Education for vocations

10. • Emphasis on Science and Mathematics
• Massive programmes for adult
education
• Eradication of illiteracy at all levels
• Education for women
• Various programmes of continuing
distance education, overtime education,
non-formal education for under
privileged learners
• Increasing national wealth

11. Sources are taken from
•Slidesharenet.com
•Web sources