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Volume : III, Issue : VIII, September - 2013

Modern Education In India: A Sociological Analysis

Santosh Gangurde

Published By : Laxmi Book Publication

Abstract :

Since Second World War many sociologists devoted their energies to the study of educational problems from sociological perspective. In India, the Five Year Plans were organized with specific social and economic objectives. One of their objectives was the transformation of Indian society from traditional and agrarian pattern to modern industrial one. Education was rightly considered to be the most important instrument to bring about a social change. The aim of this article is to analyze the impact of modern education on Indian society.

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Santosh Gangurde, (2013). Modern Education In India: A Sociological Analysis. Indian Streams Research Journal, Vol. III, Issue. VIII, http://oldisrj.lbp.world/UploadedData/3033.pdf

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