The document defines community and discusses its importance and functions in education. It begins by explaining that the word community is derived from Latin and means "to serve together." It then provides definitions of community from various scholars that emphasize living in a common area and sharing characteristics and interests. The document outlines how community influences development in physical, mental, social, cultural, and moral domains. It also discusses community's educational functions like establishing schools, developing curriculum, and providing vocational training. The document notes both merits like imparting culture and creating active citizens, and demerits such as creating blind faith. It concludes by suggesting ways to make community a more effective agency for education, such as providing educative environments and establishing community schools.

1. Title

2. Meaning
• The word community combines two
words – ‘Com’ and ‘Munis’.
• ‘com’ signifies togetherness.
• ‘munis’ indicates to serve.
• Hence the word community means to
serve together.
• the word community is derived from the Latin communitas (meaning the same),
which is in turn derived from communis, which means "common, public,
shared by all or many."Communiscomes from a combination of the Latin
prefix con- (which means "together") and the word munis(which has to do with
performing services).

3. Definition
• It is a social group with some degree of
"we feeling and living in a given area“
- Bogardes
"Total organization of social life with in a
limited area“.
- W. Ogburn
• "It is the smallest territorial group that
can embrace all aspects of social life“
- Davis.

4. • A group of people living in the same place or
having a particular characteristic in common.
• The condition of sharing or having certain
attitudes and interests in common.
• Another crucial agency of education is the
community.
• The socio psychology experience involving the
community go a long way in determining the
learner’s educational attainments.

5. Importance
• Modifies behavior through social
contacts, group activities, & group
dynamics.
• Moulds behavior according to its ideas,
ideals, & goals.
• Develops innate and inherent
tendencies.
• Development in all perceptible &
imperceptible way.

6. Educational Influence.
• Influence on Physical Development.
• Influence on Mental Development.
• Influence on Social Development.
• Influence on Cultural Development.
• Influence on character and moral
development.
• Influence on political ideas.
• Influence on vocational Development.
• Influence through other agency.

7. Educational Functions.
Establishments of schools.
Formulation of aims & control on
education.
Provision on universal education.
Construction of curriculum.

8. • Provision on vocational & industrial
education.
• Adult education.
• Finance of schools.
• Co-operation between citizens & school
leaders.

9. Merits
 Community education is
meaningful.
 Emphasis the principle of
utility.
 Gives real life
experience.
 Imparts culture heritage
to children.
 Create consciousness
about right & duty.
 Make active & dynamic
citizens.
 Make them think
creatively &
constructively.
Demerits
 Sometime used for
selfish means.
 Creates blind faith in
children.
 Develops communal
feeling which sometimes
lead to chaos.
 Leads to repression
through rigid discipline.
 Spoils natural
development of child.
 Sometime hinder
democratic ways of
behavior.

10. Suggestions To Make Community An Effective
Agency Of Education.
• Ideal examples – of co-operation &
fellow feeling, social service &
sacrifice.
• Wider attitudes – embracing all the
persons.
• Maximum development of personality –
full opportunity to develop unique
individuality.
• Educative environment – congenial &
conductive environment.

11. • Establishments of community schools -
for the illiterate & special children.
• Education according to the need of the
child & demands of the community –
development & welfare program.
• Development of critical powers – to
evaluate culture impartially & modify it
• Co-operation with other agencies – for
the progress & development
• Assistance of state – give grant-in-aid,
launch reading rooms, libraries & mass
media program.