According to the functional perspective, which of the following is a manifest function of the educational system?
a. transmit academic knowledge to young people
b. provide a cognitive outlook based on rationality, objectivity, and universalism
c. promote upward social mobility
d. constrain upward social mobility
Answer: A
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