The Role of School in Transmission of Culture

From the very creation of the human society, useful custom, tradition, ideas of right and wrong and practice of rules and regulations came to exist in human affairs and these entered into moral and cultural system. In this socio-cultural context education is an important tool for cultural transforming and conservation from older generation to younger generation. School is a cultural -laden social institution. This paper explore the role of school in the transmission of culture. The objectives of this paper are to discuss the role of the curriculum to transmit culture and to discuss the role of teacher as socializing agent. Analytical method is used in the present study. The secondary sources of data are used in the present study. The analysis of data shows that the school as an important role in the transmission of culture.

Keywords: School, Culture, Education, Curriculum, Teacher.

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