The role of education in the UK

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Serving the needs of the economy
education has an economic role in teaching the knowledge and skills that future workers will need in a competitive global economy
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Social mobility
The education system is expected to enable individuals to move up the social scale - able students from disadvantaged backgrounds have opportunities to achieve qualifications
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Social cohesion
through their formal education, pupils identify with British culture (e.g. wearing school uniforms, in history learning about Britain's past, etc). Helps to reinforce the social bonds that unite different people in society
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Secondary Socialisation
while at school, pupils learn the culture, norms and values of their society
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Social control
schools teach pupils to conform and to accept rules suc
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The education system is expected to enable individuals to move up the social scale - able students from disadvantaged backgrounds have opportunities to achieve qualifications

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Social mobility

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through their formal education, pupils identify with British culture (e.g. wearing school uniforms, in history learning about Britain's past, etc). Helps to reinforce the social bonds that unite different people in society

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while at school, pupils learn the culture, norms and values of their society

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schools teach pupils to conform and to accept rules suc

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