Althusser, a French philosopher, presents a general framework for the analysis of education from Marxian perspective. As a part of the superstructure, the educational system is ultimately shaped by the infrastructure.
It will therefore reflect the relations of production and serve the interests of the capitalist ruling class. For the ruling class to survive and prosper, the ‘reproduction of labour power is essential’. Generations of workers must be reproduced to create the profits on which capitalism depends.