Our world is one of computers, technology, instant communications and easy access to information. But it is also a world of growing anti-social activities, disillusioned youth and broken families. In a world where more than half of the number of marriages end in divorce, and where a growing number of families have more than one working parent, should the present school system be declared obsolete? This question must be answered in the context of modern society upon which it will have profound and long-lasting consequences.
The school is not merely a storehouse of facts and information. Students do not go to school simply learn facts and figures about the world. If that were the case, they would have been sent to libraries, not school. In the future, the social role of the school will become more important.