IMPACT OF SOCIAL,

ECONOMICAL, POLITICAL
AND,TECHNOLOGICAL
CHANGES
ON EDUCATION
PREPARED BY
SALMAN

DEFINITIONS OF EDUCATION
According to Pestalozzi
Education is the natural, harmonious and
progressive development of mans innatepowers

According to John Dewey

Education is the development of all
thosecapacities in the individual which will
enable him to control his environment and fulfill
his possibilities

DEFINITIONS
According to Mahatma Gandhi
,Education is the all-round drawing out of the
best in child and man body, mind and spirit
According to Plato
Education develops in the body and soul of
the pupil all the beauty and all the perfection
he is capable of.

What is social change?

A change in the social structure/behaviour,
beliefs and attitudes in society which may
occur through a majority or minority of
individuals
Eg; industrial revolution,
abolition of untouchability by law in India.
the abolition of slavery,

HOW EDUCATION AFFECT

SOCIAL CHANGE
The role of education as an agent or instrument
of social change
It means that educated people are more likely
to know and understand the rationale for social
change.
Social change take place when human need
change
education helps a person to form a more open
opinion to any change that is proposed or has
already occurred.

How education affect on

culture ?
Culture refers to a set of beliefs, skills, art,
literature, philosophy, relegion, music etc,
which must be learned.
One of the fundamental goals of education
that imparting of culture from one generation
to next generation.
The cultural elements are passed through the
agents like family, school, and other
associations.

 The curriculur, extracurricular activities and

informal education provides cooperation
,team spirit, obedience ,discipline, social
skills and values to student these help them
later to integrate within the culture of society.

TYPES OF SOCIAL CHANGE

1.Cvilization change
Eg ; change in food habits,
dress,prodution technologies,
communication system

2.cultural change
Eg; its associated with new knowledge,
relegion,rituals,literature etc.

TYPES OF SOCIAL CHANGE

3.change in social relationship
It is the relationship between the father and
son ,teacher and student, husband and wife
etc..

FACTORS INFLUENCING FOR

SOCIAL CHANGE
Geographical factors
natural disaster migration of people, climatic
changes
Psychological factors
Motivation,individualisation
Sociological factors
Every individuals culture, social beliefs, value system,
lead social changes. like fashions ,womenss
liberation movement and satyagrahas definetly cause
lot immense of social change in diverse directions.

 environmental factors
Industrialized and urbanized environment
Scientific and technological factors
Today in the world of technology none of us
live without using mobiles, phones, computers,
electricity, radio, t.v, etc
Legislative factors
Legislation on temple entry, banning of child
marriages

 Contact of people with other countries

The level of education and literacy
attained by the society.

RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SOCIAL

CHANGE AND EDUCATION
According to V.R.Taneja "Education and social change
is a two - way traffic. While educationpreserves,
transmits and disseminates the whole culture,
socialchange is the instrument andprecondition of
educational thought.
1.EDUCATION AS A CONDTION FOR SOCIAL CHANGES
social change is impossible without education,it
makes the people aware of inadequacies of existing
system.
many of the superstitions, believes,and outdated
customs prevented by education

CONTD.
EDUCATION AS A INSTRUMENT OF SOCIAL
CHANGE
education prepare the people for social
change.it will makes to think abilities and
disabilities of existing social system and
identifies whether needs change

 EDUCATION AS AN EFFECT OF SOCIAL

CHANGE
The changes caused by various ways
naturally demands more education in order
to maintain social equilibrium

We can summarize that

Education initiates the social change and
gives them direction and purpose.

Education creates the social reformers and

leaders whoconsciously make all the efforts
to bring about social changes.

CONTD.
Education prepares the individual for social
changes.

Education determines the nature of social

changes, which ought to be brought about

EDUCATIONAL AND SOCIAL

CHANGES INDIA
The modern concept of education is of recent origin
The tradition of education was present from ancient
civilization itself but that was limited to upper casts
only.
Foundation of modern education was laid by the british
in our country
The educational organization that emerged was
divided into pri mary, high school and college/
University
In that period primary education was neglected and
higher education was encouraged

ECONOMIC IMPACT ON
EDUCATION
Economic conditions, policies, systems are important
external factors that constitute educational environment
in a country
Income of people and their purchasing power influences
that demands for education
Education the up of collaboration with foreign
universities ,exchange of students and faculty members
from one country to another country also influence of
education environment.
Educational Loan facilities available for students from
public sector banks for higher studies, its also available
for educational institutions also

 In indian education system it find that the

dropout of children was increased
Reason for dropout of children's from school
includes
1.high cost of schooling
2.lack of interest in study.
3.they were needed to work and
contribute to the family income

 Factors like high level of income, the size of

land holdings, non agricultural occupations
and the interest in the education of the son
in the family, all contribute towards the high
enrolment and attendance rate and
continuation of study of children

POLITICAL IMPACT ON
EDUCATION
Political environment consist
local,regional,national parties are there.
Elections are held at different levels in India. The
two major election levels are at national level,
after which the national government is
established and at state level after which the
state government is established.
Support of the opposition and supporting
political parties become essential for introducing
any new policies or enacting any new laws
relating to any matter.

 The problem that we come across on a daily

basis and in large scale is political corruption
in the education system.

The picture of education was changed after

independence
the constitutions directive principles in
article45,directed the states to endeavor to
ensure free and compulsory education for all,
national education policy in 1986

NATIONAL POLICY ON EDUCATION:

It was made in 1986
nationalpolicyoneducationisabasicdocument
for
takingstepsandplanningprogramsfor uplifting
of education sector in India
Stream lining higher secondary education ,
common entrance test for profession education.
Centralized admission for professional education

 Medium of instruction in educational

institutions is also based on the education
and language policies of the government.
Reservation policy to follow in educational
institutions is decided by the government.

CONTD
Some schemes helped to
improve education in india
includes
operation Blackboard
It was introduced in 1986,
Aim- providing primary setting with
necessary institutional equipment and
instructional material to facilitates education

The Shiksha Karmi Project

Introduced in 1987, implemented in
rajasthan
Aim- universalisation and qualitative
improvement of primary education in remote
and socioeconomically backward villages in
Rajasthan, primary attention to girls

RECENTLY INTRODUCED
EDUCATION PROGRAMS
DISTRICT PRIMARY EDUCATION PROGRAMME
(DPEP)
The Centrally-Sponsored Scheme ofDistrict
Primary Education Programme (DPEP)was
launched in 1994 as a major initiative to
revitalise the primary education system and
to achieve the objective of universalisation of
primary education.

DPEP
ACHIEVEMENTS
1. DPEP has so far opened more than 1,60,000
new schools, including almost 84,000
alternative schooling (AS) centres
2. The school infrastructure created under DPEP
has been remarkable. Works either complete
or in progress include 52758 school buildings,
58,604 additional classrooms, 16,619
resource centers, 29,307 repair works, 64,592
toilets, and 24,909 drinking water facilities,

contd
3.The enrolment of girls has shown significant
improvement
4 . Village Education Committees/School
Management Committees have been setup
in almost all project
villages/habitations/schools,
5. About 1,77,000 teachers, including parateachers/Shiksha Karmis have been
appointed
6. About 3,380 resource centers at block level
and 29,725 centers at cluster level have
been set-up for providing academic support

The Mid day Meal Scheme

It was started in 1995 in an attempt to
enhance enrolment, retention and
attendance while simultaneously improving
nutritional levels among children in school.
It was The largest School feedingSchemein
the World.It currently covers nearly 12 crore
children.

Contd..
SARV SHIKSHA ABHIYAN(SSA)
. The primary objective of this program is to
provide required infrastructures in school for
providing basic education to the children are
objective of this program.
It was introduced in 2000-2001
This scheme is framed to provide useful and
relevant elementary education for all children
in the age group of six to fourteen by 2010.

contd
PRADHAN MANTHRI ADARSH GRAM YOJANA
Pradhan Mantri Adarsh Gram
Yojana(PMAGY) is a rural development
programme launched by the Central government
in India in the financial year 200910 for the
development of villages having a higher ratio
(over 50%) of people belonging to the
scheduled castesthrough convergence of central
and state schemes and allocating financial
funding on a per village basis.

 All these effort showed some positive results,

Statistics shows that now 83% of villages
have a school within the distance of one
kilometre and 94% of population has a school
within the distance of one kilometre.

TECHNOLOGICAL IMPACT ON
EDUCATION
Technology is a gift of God. After the gift of life it is
perhaps the greatest of God's gifts. It is the mother
of civilizations, of arts and of sciences.- Freeman
Dyson

Technology's Impact on Education

Easy access to information
Greater interest in learning
Increased retention of information

CONTD.
Robust information storage
Better presentation of information
Teaching made interactive
Knowledge sharing made easy

Contd..
Technology is a teaching aid
Addressing systems using microphones and
speakers make it possible for teachers to
reach a larger number of students
simultaneously
PowerPoint presentations and animation
software can be used to present information
in an interactive way
Its make increased attention and interest in
students

Contd.
Technology has made student life
easy
Students can use much more than just pen
and paper to express themselves or present
what they have learned.
They can use software to make presentations
and projects

 It is easier to carry a ipad or e-book reader

than carrying a big fat book

CONTD
It's easier to store information

Computers enable better and more robust

storage of information

Digital libraries require no physical space and

students and teachers sitting in different parts of
the world can access the same library at the
same time.

compact memory devices have replaced

notebooks and a keyboard and computer mouse
are the new writing devices

Contd.
Information is easily accessible
The Internet is a huge information base. It
can be used as an effective tool for acquiring
knowledge
All a web user needs to do is to key in
quieries to search engines
There are several websites and web
directories that offer information on literally
everything in the world all this is just a few
click away

Contd.
Technology has eliminated space
and time constraints
Online education and distance learning have
given a new dimension to education and
higher learning. Even if students are
geographically far away from each other,
they can be a part of one classroom

 Many educational institutes offers online

programs wherein they can interact through
internet and earn degrees online