1. CHALLENGES FOR EDUCATION IN
KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY
Educational Responses to Social Change and
Diversity
Joy Kirt Waraich, Research Scholar
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3. Social Change???
• Alteration of
Structures within the social structure
Cultural symbols
Rules of behaviour
Social organization
Value System
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33. • 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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38. “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.
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