Abstract:
Education has a great social importance, specially, in the modern, complex industrialized societies. Philosophers of all periods, beginning with ancient stages, devoted to it a great deal of attention. Education acts as integrative force in society by communicating value, that unite different sections of society. The family may fail to provide the child the essential knowledge of the social skills and values of the wider society. Accordingly, various theories regarding its nature and objective have come into being. Some of the significant functions of education are, like, to complete the socialization process, to transmit the central heritage, for the formation of social personality, reformation of attitudes, education for occupational placement, conferring of status, education encourages the spirit of competition, education trains in skills that are required by the economy, fosters participant democracy, education acts as an integrative force. Therefore, it is necessary to acquaint the learners with the ideas and thoughts of the great thinkers in education.
