 Dear students, in this module, we are going to understand the conflict perspective view of social control that is occurring within our education system. Conflict perspective is a theoretical framework in sociology that emphasizes the role of power and inequality in shaping different social relationships, whereas the social control refers to the mechanism through which social norms and expectations are enforced often through the use of coercion or punishment. Conflict perspective, if we look at the education system, we see that in the education system, when a child is trained and socialized, he is actually confirmed. When a child is confirmed, the creative and innovative abilities that are present in him are snubbed by the education system. In this way, we make a child a controlled being, but not an expressive being. Conflict perspective looks at it from a critical point of view that what impact does the school or education system have on your education? In the conflict perspective, social control is seen as a means of maintaining and existing power structures and suppressing the dissent. In other words, they say that the existing power structures are designed to maintain your education system. For example, when you are teaching a child, they are preparing it for a system, they are making it confirmed so that the child can not create differences of opinion and it is trained in the same way as your expectations are. In other words, they say that the behavioral expectations that are being carried out are not globally or universally available expectations. In fact, there are special classes and special expectations that control the infrastructure or structure of the entire society, which are called elite classes. In Pakistan, for example, social control has been used by the state to suppress the political opposition and dissenting voices, including through the use of media censorship and restrictions on the freedom of speech. In Pakistan, we see how the mechanism of social control is seen through media censorship. In the same way, we see in our schools and academic institutions that if there are some extraordinary capabilities or calibre in the child, then a general behavior pattern is snubbed into it because our goal is to prepare the well-disciplined children so that such children who have creative abilities can come before the child. Understanding the role of social control is essential for analyzing the ways in which power and control are exercised in the contemporary society and for understanding the potential for social and political change. The purpose is to prepare the child in such a way so that he cannot go towards deviancy, but can be confirmed. That is why the mechanisms of social control are adopted there. The mechanism of punishment is taught by the child if you do this work according to our expectations, then you will get punishment and if you do not, then you will be punished. The study of social control requires a multidisciplinary approach incorporating the perspectives from sociology, political science and law. By analyzing the complexities of social control, we can gain a deeper understanding of the ways in which power relationships shape the social interactions and impact individual and collective well-being. On the other hand, the scholars in the conflict perspective often advocate for resistance against social control as a means of promoting social justice and inequality. Examples of resistance against social control in Pakistan include the women's right movement and the labour movement. And the conflict perspective offers a critical lens through which to analyze the mechanisms of social control and their impact on individuals and societies. The conflict perspective provides a critical gaze and gives us a chance to see the curriculum developed in schools or education systems. The curriculum is also in a universalized form. There are many answers to this as well. We are trying to make children more confident, and our creativity is being snubbed. And the most important thing is that these curriculum developments can help you to cope with that potential inequality. And the food for thought is that if you look at any curriculum in Pakistan and analyze it, from the point of view of the conflict perspective, how many possible elements or factors are present in the mechanism of social control and try to understand it by analyzing the socialization of the children who go to school.