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Unit 7: Planning: Process and Means

(ii) Team Work : Modern educational planning emphasizes that only the top administrator or Notes
the government should be involved in planning.
(iii) Social and Economic Goals : Modern educational planning emphasizes that the goals of a
democratic society should be social and economic concerned with the welfare and progress
of all citizens rather than the selfish goals of some special interest groups.
(iv) Co-operation : Modern educational planning emphasizes involvement ot representatives of
most of the concerned sectors of the society in the process of planning.
(v) In India the concept of planning dates back to 1938 when Indian National Congress appointed
a National Planning Committee. It consisted of the representatives of the organization
concerned, state ministers, selected “economists, public men government nominees. Sporadic
efforts were made by M.N. Roy, M Visvestoarayya and other people on planning in the field
of economic development.
• Planning and Development Department (1939-40)

7.7 Keywords

• Policy : A plan of action agreed or chosen by a political party, business.
• Plan : Something that you intend to do or achieve.
• Essential : Completely necessary, extremely important.

7.8 Review Questions

1. Explain the Concept of Educational Planning.
2. What is the Nature of Educational Planning ?
3. Give the principles and characteristics of Educational Planning.
4. Discuss the various steps in the Process of Educational Planning.
5. Explain about Planning advisory board (1946).
Answers : Self Assessment

1. (i) Contingency (ii) realistic, practical
(iii) Diagnosis (iv) Target
(v) Plan document (vi) Scheduling
(vii) PERT
(viii) 1944, Central advisory board of Education
(ix) logical, systematic

7.9 Further Readings

1. The Principles and Practice of Educational Management: Tony Bush, Les Bell,
SAGE Publisher, 2002.
2. Educational Management : Strategy, Quality, and Resources, Margaret Preedy, Ron
Glatter, Publiser Open University Press, 1997.
3. Educational Management: Theory and Practice, J.A. Okumbe, Publisher Bairobi
University Press, 1998.

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