Issues in Education - 'Educational Policies and Social Development'.

(From Mmegi / The Reporter (Botswana) - AAGM)

Byline: D. Molefe, O. Pansiri, and S. Weeks

One of the endless issues in education is the question of its role in social development. Gurus in educational studies are continuously battling with this question. Education and schooling can do both good and bad things for the society. Very rarely do people question the policy agendas on which education systems are built. It is often the work of the school, and that of the teachers, that is in the spot light for public scrutiny.

There is also an argument that formal educational systems have the opportunity and obligation to make significant contributions towards the creation …