The word education has a very wide connotation and it is very difficult to give its precise definition. A biologist, a priest, a psychologist, a statesman, teacher, all of them will give widely different definitions. Philosophers and thinkers from Socrates and Dewey in the west and Yajanvalkya to Gandhi in the East have defined education in accordance with their philosophy of life, with the result; there emerged divergent concepts and definitions of education. Concept of education is like a diamond which appears to be of a different colour when seen from a different angle. Education is a means through which society perpetuates and spreads its own culture. It is indispensable for understanding social problems and spreads with social stresses and changes. It is also considered to be the means through which the general productivity of the populations is raised leading t better standards of living. The quality of life in terms of good health, general personality growth and better social living is also closely associated with the secondary education.

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