Problem:
“Society can survive only when there exists among its members a adequate degree of homogeneity; education perpetuates and reinforces this homogeneity by fixing in child from the beginning the indispensable similarities which collective life demands”
Required:
Question 1: How far do you agree with Functionalists analysis of contribution of education to the Social Structure?
Question 2: How do the Social-Conflict theorists examine the relationship between educational achievement and social-class?
Question 3: Discuss and illustrate the symbolic-Interactionists views on differential achievement at school.
Question 4: Can we say that the Mauritian educational system offers an equivalent chance to one and all?
Question 5: How far is the Marxist view that education only serves the interest of Capitalists relevant to Mauritian society?