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CHALLENGES FOR EDUCATION IN KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY
Educational Responses to Social Change and Diversity
Joy Kirt Waraich, Research Scholar
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Social Change???
• Alteration of Structures within the social structure
Cultural symbols
Rules of behaviour
Social organization
Value System
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• Education sector is one of the largest in the world with
• 1.3 million schools, • 30,000 college and • 542 listed universities. • The amount of public money in the
education sector is USD 40 billion. • The private sector money involved
in education stands at a greater value that is USD 60 billion.
• In the Financial year 2011-12, the finance minister Pranab Mukherjee allocated Rs.52057 crore for this sector.
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“I am afraid of no one.”—Malala Yousafzai
It is so easy to take things for granted when we don’t realize just how blessed we are to have the opportunity for education and a future.