Education : Functions and

Development

Reporter: Relox , Lea

  Education-is the process of
transmitting knowledge , skills , values
and behaviors.

 Systematic and sustain

 Formal education and informal

education
 Functions of
education in society

Reporter : Catameo , Lilian

 In most societies, national education systems are
created for learning. Global organizations
concerned with education also contribute toward
this task. According to Boli (2002), for the past 50
years, the United Nations Educational, Scientific
and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has become
“the global center for discussion and
implementation of educational ideas and
organizational models” (p.307). It provides
teacher training, curricular guidance, and
textbook sources. It also gathers international
statistics on educational achievement. Many
countries have adopted UNESCO standards
including the organizational model of six years of
primary education.
 Formal education is the schooling that takes place
in a formal or structured setting with the goal of
teaching a predetermined curriculum. It has
expanded dramatically in the past several decades
as higher percentages of the population in many
countries began to attend school. Although major
educational gaps still exist between the elite and
the poor and between males and females, these
gaps are narrowing. Girls’ enrollment worldwide is
now close to half of the total students at the
primary levels in most countries, and girls’ in the
1990s (Boli, 2002). Women are also entering more
male-dominated fields of higher education and
attending university at levels equal to or exceeding
men in some countries.
 Education has become a global issue. What is
considered essential knowledge to be taught in
schools is based largely on a country’s level of
development, cultural values, political ideology,
and guidelines from international standards.
Leaders believe that a literate population is
necessary for economic development and
expansion, a thriving political system, and the well-
being of the citizenry. Global trends in schooling
influence educational systems in Africa, Asia, Latin
America, and Europe, regardless of political system
or level of affluence. Education plays a significant
role in economic growth, social stratification, and
political behaviors (Ballantine & Rogers, 2009).