Schools select and allocate students to their future work roles
They assess their attitudes and abilities to asign them to what they're best suited for
Functionalists say that inequality is necessary to make sure that the most talented people of that field are doing the jobs
It encourages competition so that the society then can pick the most talented from the competition
Relates to the human capital theory - human skills are the main economic assess so should be effectively devloped
- enables each person to do best job suited for them
- most effective use of talents and creates more productivity
examples
Important roles like doctors are done by the best, have to gone to medical school before can ever operate
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