Associate Professor, Head of the
Today's era is the era of education and information technology. The role of education as an agent or instrument of social change and social development is widely recognized today. Social change may take place when humans need change. When the existing social system or network of social institutions fails to meet the existing human needs then new materials suggest better ways of meeting human needs. Earlier educational institutions and teachers used to show a specific way of life to the students and education was more a means of social control than an instrument of social change. Modern educational institutions do not place much emphasis upon transmitting a way of life to the students. The traditional education was meant for an unchanging static society not marked by any change. But today education aims at imparting knowledge. Social Change refers to the modifications in the organization and behavior of the group expressed in its laws, institutions, customs, modes and beliefs. When change supposedly for the better it becomes progress which is essentially an evolutionary concept. So education plays a vital role for the development of the economy and a better social change. The main aim of this paper is to visualize the impact and role of education on the human life.
