Education is extremely important around the world. Every nation in the world is furnished with some design of education system. Consequently, education plays an fundamental role in society as a whole sociologists consider that role from several discrete points of view.
Conflict theorists consider education as a means of broaden the gap in social inequality. Nevertheless, conflict theorists do not believe that public schools lessen social inequality. Rather, they believe that the educational system sustains and perpetuates social inequalities that arise from differences in class, gender, race, and ethnicity. Where other sociologists such as functionalists sees education as serving a beneficial role, conflict theorists consider it more negatively.
Conflict theorists consider education as a means of broaden the gap in social inequality. Nevertheless, conflict theorists do not believe that public schools lessen social inequality. Rather, they believe that the educational system sustains and perpetuates social inequalities that arise from differences in class, gender, race, and ethnicity. Where other sociologists such as functionalists sees education as serving a beneficial role, conflict theorists consider it more negatively.