10. முந்திய தலைமுறையில் உள்ளவர்கள் அடுத்துவரும் தலே முறைக்குச் சமுதாயத்தில் வாழ வழிகாட்டும் முறையே கல்வியெனச் சுட்டுகிறது. மனித சமுதாயத்தை உருவாக்கு வதே கல்வி சமுதாயத்தை இணைந்து வாழ வைப்பதே கல்வி. அவரவர் காட்டுக்கும் சமுதாயத்துக்கும் பயன்தருவகையில் அமைவதே கல்வி. இன்றைய கல்வி இந்த அடிப்படையில் உள்ளதா? படிப்புக்கும் சமுதாய வாழ்வுக்கும் ஏதேனும் Foot - Note: Contd. progressive lands. Its distinctive feature is the replacement of the old conception, in which elementary and secondary schools corresponded mainly to social stratification, by the idea that children of all classes should have the opportunity of a primary education, designed to meet the needs of childhood, followed by a post-primary or Secondary education adjusted to the needs of adolescence. In the United States this idea is embodied in the system of primary school (q v.) followed by junior and senior high schools (q.v.) 9n the “six-three-three” principle. (See ELEMENTARY EDUCATION IN THE U.S. and SECONDARY EDUCATION IN THE U.S.) In England it underlies the proposals of the Report of the Consultative Committee of the Board of Education on the Education of the Adolescent (1926) It has also inspired the post war changes in the State systems of the German Reich. In part these developments have no doubt come about because modern industry and forms of government demand in the average citizen a higher standard of knowledge and training than formerly sufficed. But the fundamental explanation is to be found in the conception that a community should place the best opportunities of self-development and realisation within the reach of all of its members who are capable of profiting by them.
