Higher Education and Challenge of Social Change  (Paperback, Umrao Singh Chaudhari)

Education is a powerful instrument of social change, but it alone is inadequate to realize the goal. In this book the author has presented the futuristic social perspective on higher education by highlighting the role of education in the fast-changing society. He has discussed the ways and means as to how, the higher education institutions should acquire the change and future-readiness for intelligently facing the challenges of social change. The process of education is to conserve and preserve the best and usable part of the cultural heritage; and also to eradicate the time-worn beliefs, and practices. With rapid social change many ideas, skills and appliances are rendered obsolete. Therefore, to arrest professional obsolescence, teachers must be prepared to learn continuously, and to cultivate a Knack of learning. What matters most is the continuing education of the teachers in the changing times.