Impact of Education on Culture

We have already written about the impact of culture on education, but does education also have its impact on culture?

1. Education Preserves Culture

Education is the means by which a particular culture can be preserved. Education is the medium that can transfer the cultural ideals, values and beliefs of a society to the future generation. The culture of a society is the result of the cultivation of a particular society for ages and ages, which the society wants to preserve with great diligence. Education helps a lot in accomplishing this purpose.

2. Education Develops Culture

The task of education is not only to preserve the culture but also to continuously develop in that culture. If the culture does not develop, then the degradation of that society will begin, so it is necessary that there are desirable changes in the culture and the culture continues to develop. In such a situation, the task of education is to bring desired changes in the culture and develop the unique culture of that society.

3. Education Scourges Culture

Over time, many elements of culture become unusable and wasteful and are not needed in the present times. Also, due to illiteracy, personal selfishness, superstition etc., many distortions occur in the culture. Education removes these distortions and evils in the culture, refines the culture and gives it a new look.

4. Preservation, Transfer and Promotion of Culture

Every society has its own cultural heritage which the society wants to transfer to its future generation, so that future generations can transfer that heritage to their future generation. Thus, these cultural heritages remain intact. The society makes a scheme for transfer of this heritage to the new generation. That plan is called education. Thus, there is a close relationship between culture and education.