The relation of education to social cohesion

This article examines the ways education isrelated to social cohesion, mainly in sociologyof education approaches. The notion ofcohesion is used widely, especially as a nobleaim worth striving at, in order to sustain theties that keep society together. Education isviewed as an important institution that contributesto cohesion by socialising the newmembers of society, providing them withknowledge and skills in order to facilitatetheir social participation. Sustaining howevercurrent societal organisation implies that socialinequality is also reproduced. Thus, weargue that, the question of cohesion is interalia a political one.