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Educational Management

Notes (2) Economic Considerations : In the second approach, a begining is made with the limitation of
finance, and the first step is to ascertain the maximum financial resources that can be raised for
education by mobilising internal resources through taxation or voluntary contributions in cash
and kind and external assistance. On the basis of the resources that thus seem likely to be
available, three questions are posed : (1) What type of education can the country afford ? (2)
How much of for whom ? (3) What should be the priorities on available funds ?
The first of these approaches is dominated mainly by educational considerations, and the second by
financial limitations. The ultimate solution of the problem would have to be sought in a realistic and
wise compromise between these two approaches and that in order to provide a good educational
system to Asian countries in the near future, educationists and economists would have to work
together. In the process, educationists would become increasingly conscious of the new but significant
science of the ‘economics of education and the economists, in their turn, would become increasingly
conscious of the significance of education in economic development. The major basic programme is
to make an intensive effort to eliminate poverty and to raise the gross national product as quickly
as possible. Programmes of increasing national income many have to be coupled with the programmes
of increasing national income may have to be coupled with the programmes of population control
as well. In the larger interests of speedy development, governmental expenditure on economic
investment and development of social services, including education, should be increased rapidly.

Delegation of Authorities and Accountability
A principal or headmaster of an educational institution is assigned to perform various type of tasks
and functions which are as follows :
1. Roles of a principal or headmaster.
2. Functions and duties of a principal.
3. Responsibilities of a principal, and
4. Accountability of a principal/haedmaster.
The above tasks are limited to the institutions but principal tasks have very wide scope. He has to
deal with various types of person a which have been enumerated as follows :
(a) Teachers and staff.
(b) Students.
(c) Parents.
(d) Management.
(e) Local authorities.
(f) State authorities.
(g) Other relatied organizations.
The functioning of an institution involves various type of activities which are to be managed and
administered by the principal which are as follows :
1. Time table of school, class wise and teachers wise.

2. Teaching work and practical work.
3. Maintaining discipline is school.
4. Prayer and assembly programme.
5. Cultural programmes.
6. Games and sports.
7. N.C.C. and Scouting.
8. School finance and budgeting.

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