Socialisation is the process by which the new born child is moulded into the culture of his group and there by becomes an accepted member of the society. In any particular culture, it is through the process of socialisation that the child acquires the attitudes and values of that culture and develops into an individual with culturally appropriate behaviours patterns. The life style that the individual adopts and his personality are largely a matter of the socialisation practices prevalent in a culture. As such, socialisation is a mechanism of culture transmission. But at the same time, it is also an aspect of the culture. The kind of child-rearing practices which are adopted by the parents are along the norms prevalent in the culture in which the child is born, and the roles that the child is expected to adopt and the pattern of his interactions with the adults and peers are also prescribed by the culture. There are four important agencies of socialisation of the children: the family, the peer group, the school and the community. Socialisation takes place not only at the early age of the child but also during the subsequent growth into youth and adulthood. In a sense it is continuous process.