1.
The process of transforming a society to meet emerging challenges is through
formal education.
skills training.
social change.
technological innovations.
2.
To make education play its proper role in changing society, the following measures must be taken except
improving technical and vocational education.
placing emphasis on literacy education.
providing infrastructural facilities in Ghana.
making the content of education institutions reflect the needs of society.
3.
Any alteration in the structure of society's social organizations, instructions and behavioural patterns is known as
physical change.
educational change.
cultural change.
social change.
4.
For education to play its transformation role in society, it should be structured to
produce personnel for clerical jobs.
meet the needs of the society.
enable people to acquire book knowledge.
promote the extended family system.
5.
The ultimate aim of education is to provide
knowledge.
scientific ideas.
occupational skills.
values.
6.
Social change is effectively achieved when the people are
indoctrinated.
enlightened.
politicized.
organized.
7.
Which of the following statements best describes social change? The process of
altering the behaviour of people in society.
modifying the political system of a society.
transforming society to meet new challenges and aspirations.
transforming the society through education and training.
8.
One major impact of formal education on national development is
cross-cultural understanding and national unity.
intellectual upbringing of the girl-child.
preservation of our cultural heritage.
respect for our traditional institutions.
9.
A significant alteration of the structures of society that brings about differences in the lives of the people is referred to as
community development.
national growth.
social change.
sustainable development.
10.
The main aim of formal education is to
help the individual secure a well-paid job.
make the individual fit well in the society.
provide the individual with higher academic excellence.
provide the individual with occupational skills.
11.
Social change is best achieved through
informal education.
formal education.
distance education.
non-formal education.
12.
Education is the total process of
acquiring book knowledge.
attending school.
being able to read and write.
human learning.
13.
Social change refers to
a high rate of unemployment.
alteration in a society's behaviour.
an agent of change in the society.
rural-urban migration.
14.
Education is more useful when the individual is able to acquire knowledge and
abundant wealth.
a university degree.
professional skills.
social prestige.
15.
The main purpose of formal education in the society is to promote
character and skill development.
personal achievement.
physical training.
reading and writing only.
16.
Education can bring about change in the Ghanaian society if it is structured to meet the needs of the
educated elite.
family.
people.
private businesses.
17.
One influence of Western education on the Ghanaian traditional system is the
achievement of academic excellence of family members.
creation of wealth for extended family members.
increased tendency towards the nuclear family.
increased unity among extended family members.
18.
Which of the following factors is an impediment to rapid social change in Ghana?
Culture
Education
Technology
Urbanization
19.
The principle of self-reliance implies that citizens of a country
can exercise their natural rights freely.
produce what they need locally.
use modern technology in production.
do not marry foreigners.
20.
For education to play it role in the society, it must be structured to meet the aims and aspirations of
only the educated.
only the illiterate.
the entire citizens.
the ruling government.
21.
One positive contribution of formal education in Ghana is
acceptance of cross-cultural marriage.
high rate of rural urban - urban marriage.
increased demand for local product.
increased preference for white collar jobs.