Which of the following functions of schools justifies the statement that a school should be pioneer of social upliftment?

The school is an important agency of socialization. It provides a learning environment to the children which imparts desirable characteristics and qualities that enable them to develop their personality.

• After the family of children, the school mostly influences the behavior and habits of the children to develop the positive outlook of their personality.

Key Points

The progressive function of school:

• It aims at providing real experiences to the children to make their learning effective and to bring concreteness in abstract concepts.
• The progressive education also focused on developing the critical thinking and problem-solving skills of the children by enabling them to think or analyze the concepts beyond traditional ways.
• It focuses on learning by doing as it was believed in the concept of progressive education that the knowledge is generated through direct experiences and collaboration.
• As it gives opportunities to the children to think and analyze, the children observe their surroundings i.e., their family, community, and society, and think upon the evils of society i.e., biases regarding gender, caste, or religion, etc.
• The teacher should compel the children to think and observe such things in their society i.e., why girls are not allowed to study further and why girls are not given equal liberty as compared to the boys of the same age group.
• Education should create new values and develop social adjustment that removes social bias, myths, and barriers and treats each individual of the society equally.
• Only education can make the children aware of the bias and negativity in society which prevents a society to grow and develop. The education will help them to stand against it or to present a desirable example in front of their society to inspire others to act unbiased.

Hence, it is concluded that the progressive function of school justifies the statement that a school should be the pioneer of social upliftment.