ABSTRACT
Simple societies, in the past and still some in the present, have seen no need to create a separate institution such as the school in order to initiate their children into society. Socialisation has begun to take place from the moment of birth via day-to-day activity and participation in the total life of the society. The necessary skills and activities of the society have been imparted through this gradual, but involved and continuous participation in the social life of the tribe. Any special or secret lore has been finally communicated through a particular period of initiation at a specified time in the life of the individual: but it is a 'once-and-for-all', concentrated period of instruction and learning.
