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The Influence of Structured Education and How Impact on
Students’ Attitudes

K. M. Kosala Panchali

Department of Sociology

Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences

University of Ruhuna

kosalapanchali@gmail.com
1. Introduction

As Nelson Mandela said, education is most powerful weapon which is can use to

change the world. According to John Dewey (1916) education is a social process and
process of living and not a preparation for future living. Education is a basic human

right. Education is considered as one sustainable development goals. According to
that, UN represents education as ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and
promote lifelong learning opportunities for all. UN expects all girls and boys

complete free, equitable, and quality primary and secondary education in 2030.
According to the Dewey, the aim of education is the development of child's powers
and abilities. In additionally education can be defined as knowledge-based education

it is called "Knowledge aimed education". Individual development person's
individuality and fulfills his or her possibility by the help of knowledge. Not only
aims for knowledge education develop all-round abilities of person. On the other way

it develops in the major sense and education is the accomplishment that an influential
impact on individuals' characters, mindfulness and physical improvement as well.

Education process should be quality with proper qualities such as improving student's
skills, it must have enough components developing to represent and behave in the
society.

Educated person must have the proper knowledge stand up for their human needs.
There are three ways of education as formal education, informal education and non-
formal education. They educate informally is consisted with structural education

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