The Necessity and Importance of Education for Social and Cultural Development of Societies in Developing Countries

Year 2015, Volume: 36 Issue: 3, 3380 - 3386, 13.05.2015

A. Zolfagharı

Abstract

Abstract. The relationship between education and development of the society is absolute and indubious. On one side, improving the education, and on the other side, educated people are effective means for the development of the society. No doubt the social, economic, political, and cultural development of the society will be difficult if not impossible without the presence f educated people. In this paper, in order to understand and explain the role of education in the development of the society, functions of education are described in terms of economic, political, social, cultural, agricultural and health aspects. Thus, this paper first examines the importance and role of education in the development of the society from the perspective of experts, and then, discusses the place of education in the development of the society. The purpose of this study is to find an answer for the role of education in economic, social and cultural development of the societies in developing countries.

Keywords

education, development, human capital, skill and specialty, society

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