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Social change has been defined by sociologist Wilbert Moore (1963) as a significant alteration over time in behaviour patterns and culture, including norms and values. Simply speaking, the term social change is used to indicate the changes that take place in human interactions and interrelations. Society is a web of social relationships and hence social change means change in the system of social relationships. Social change may occur in the following cases: (i)	When human need change, (ii)	When the existing social system or network of social institutions fail to meet the existing human needs and (iii)	When new materials suggest better ways of meeting human needs. Social change does not take race automatically or by themselves. As Mac Iver says, social charge take place as a response to many types of change that take place on the social and non-social environment. Education can initiate social changes by bring about a change in the outlook and attitude of men. It can bring about a change in the pattern of social relationships and thereby it may cause social changes. Education is the process during which knowledge is acquired, skills are developed, values and traits are internalized through experiences. Education is an important source of economic and technological development in a society to create a true democratic atmosphere. For economic and social development, the individuals are expected be skilful, knowledgeable, and competent and should have human values. Educational process ensures the mentioned requirements of the economic progress of a society. Education is considered as the most significant agency of learning social values. Therefore, educational institutions play the role of agent in socialization of the individuals. There are three aspects namely change agents, subject matter for bringing about social change and the cultural background of learners while declaring education as a gadget of social change. Education is an important instrument to bring social revolution among all the instruments education is considered as the most powerful. Education for all, at all levels, and at all ages of children is the only remedy to bring about the desired social change in Indian society. Education has been accepted as one major agency of socialization, and teachers and educational institutions as socializing agents. The relationship between education and social change takes a dual form-education as an instrument and education as a product. This implies that education as an instrument is used as a means for bringing about desired changes in the society and in the latter case changes in the educational structure follows as a consequence of changes which have already taken place in the society. There are three types of relationship between education and social change which are as follows: •	Education as a Necessary Condition of Social Change- Historical experience of advanced countries has shown that for any social revolution education is the pre-condition. Illiterates remain satisfied with their existing conditions and feel that they are destined to be what they are. •	Education as an Outcome of Social Change- There is inter-dependent relationship between education and social change. On the one hand it brings change in social conditions. On the other hand, it is influenced by social change, which means social change helps spreading education. Education follows social change. It has its place before and after social change First come social changes and then teaching process is changed according to those social changes. Education system changes according to the needs of society. •	Education as an Instrument of Social Change- Education as an instrument of social change means how education helps people to bring social change. Education changes the outlook and the tradition approach towards social and economic problems. It sharpens the skills and knowledge of the children. Technical education helps in the process of industrialization which results in vast changes in society. Education not only preserves the cultural traditions i.e., customs, traditions and values etc. of the society but also transmits them to the next generation. Education also motivates the children to adopt new pattern in order to remain dynamic and forward looking. Education fulfils the needs of the society and propagates such ideas which promote social changes in all fields of life. Educational institutions under the control of different cul¬tural groups reflect the values of those groups which support and control education. In this situation, teachers impart specific values, aspirations, and attitudes to the children.