Correct Answer - Option 4 : Acquisition of competencies among children
School is an agency for formal education that has its own structure and organization. It is governed by rules and regulations prescribed by the state.
- It is a place designed to provide an adequate learning environment for an effective teaching-learning process.
- It a miniature society where children learn by interacting with their environment.
- Main aim of schooling should be acquisition of competencies among children to enable them to reach their full potential.
Other aim of schools:
- Preserving knowledge, values, customs, etc.
- Preserving and transmitting our cultural heritage.
- Developing the whole child to his maximum potential.
- Making children literate and developing human resources.
- Helping learners in acquiring values, norms, beliefs, and traditions.
- Inculcating informal cues about social roles in learners through interaction.
- Providing ample opportunities to learners to foster their own learning strategy.
Hence, it could be concluded that main aim of schooling should be acquisition of competencies among children.
