"Society can survive only if there exists among its members a sufficient degree of homogeneity; education perpetuates and reinforces this homogeneity by fixing in the child from the beginning the essential similarities which collective life demands"

(a) How far do you agree with the Functionalists analysis of the contribution of education to the Social Structure?

(b) How do the Social-Conflict theorists analyse the relationship between educational achievement and social-class?

(c) Discuss the symbolic-Interactionists views on differential achievement at school.

(d) Can we say that the Mauritian educational system provides an equal chance to one and all?

(e) How far is the Marxist view that education only serves the interest of the Capitalists relevant to the Mauritian society?