Can you explain the "School as a Social Institution"?

Question

How schools came to be established? What kind of relationship may exist between the school and the community? What can the school do to be truly an agent of democracy? thanks for the time and for the help!

Answer 1

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Schools as Social Institutions and their interaction with Society...

A School as a social institution embraces pupil roles, teacher roles and, depending on the degree of autonomy a school has from outside agencies, parent roles and the managerial/inspectorial roles associated with the relevant educational authority. The school as an institution embraces these roles across all the schools that jointly constitute the school system in a given society.

Schools also play a role in social cohesion as they administer and solidify norms, attitudes/beliefs, values and behaviours to individuals of a given society.