The education system is there to promote the interests of the ruling class. To pacify the working class. The education system also transmit the dominant culture to the young generation. In order to understand the role of education in a capitalist society, one need to answer these questions, who formed the school curriculum and whose knowledge is transmitted by the education?
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The education system is there to promote the interests of the ruling class. To pacify the working class. The education system also transmit the dominant culture to the young generation. In order to understand the role of education in a capitalist society, one need to answer these questions, who formed the school curriculum and whose knowledge is transmitted by the education?