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EDUCATIONAL
PLANNING – Lesson 1
(CLASS LECTURES)

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PLANNING

 Adesina defines planning as ‘a way of projecting our intentions, that is, a method of
deciding what we want to accomplish’
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 From these views, it can be summarized that ‘planning refers to the act of deciding in
advance what is to be done, how and when to do it, where and who is to do it in order to
achieve the goals or objectives of the system’
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There are three basic elements in a plan, it deals with the future
involves action and identifies who is to implement the future action
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EDUCATIONAL PLANNING

 Educational planning can be defined as ‘the process of setting out in advance, strategies,
policies, procedures, programmes and standards through which an educational objective
(or set of objectives) can be achieved’
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 It is goal-oriented: it is directed at achieving a set educational objectives
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Statement of educational objectives: The educational objectives must be identified and
clearly stated
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CHARACTERISTICS OF
EDUCATIONAL PLANNING

 Primacy of Planning: Planning is the first step in management
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Everybody plans even though not everybody plans well
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 Planning is Pervasive: By this, we mean that planning cuts across all levels of
management and all the other managerial functions
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For example, the managerial functions of
organizing, staffing, etc
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 Planning is Mission-Oriented: Planning involves the mapping out or charting of activities
in such a way that it helps to satisfy human wants
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 Planning is Future-Oriented: Planning as said earlier on, is a process of deciding in
advance what should be done in future, how it is to be done, who will do it, when and
where to do it
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USES OF EDUCATIONAL PLANNING

 Identification of Objectives and strategies: By this we mean that educational planning helps
in identifying and defining the objectives and the strategies, programmes, procedures,
policies and standards which education needs to be more effective and efficient
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 Educational Planning aids decision making: Educational Planning helps decision makers
at all levels to reach a better and well informed decision
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 To achieve maximum effectiveness, efficiency: Adequate plans help to direct and coordinate the actions of employees in order to achieve maximum effectiveness, efficiency
and productivity
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 Clear choices: Planning enables a nation to make its choices clear in terms of the aim and
objectives
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