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Unit 3: Management at Different Levels-Elementary, Secondary, Higher Education

5. If, at all, it needs more finance, the same should be available from the local community Notes
which must be a party to the preparation of the school plan.
6. It should be based on certain ‘predetermined objectives’ and goals and all activities planned
should help directly or indirectly to achieve these ends.
7. The plan should have a well-defined and finely classified activities for the school improvement
and school development.
8. It should be flexible in nature so that at various stages of its implementation changes may be
effected according to needs and requirements. How-so-ever brilliantly a plan may be prepared,
there can be some unforeseen circumstances which may, later on, force an amendment.
9. It should only further the cause of education-its quality and quantity and should not criticize
and condemn the approach of the district authorities or the directorate of education.
10. It should be in consonance with the district educational plan and should in no-case run contrary
to it.
11. It should be neither too ambitious to be implemented nor too modest to make any appreciable
improvement. It should, therefore, be working plan based on the capacity of teachers, the needs
of the students and the local community.
12. It should clearly indicate the time limit for its implementation. It can be a short term one or a
long term one depending upon the circumstances and needs of the school.
13. It should have a plan of evaluation also, so that the result of the efforts could be evaluated after
some intervals, say every years.
14. It should have a balanced approach so that it does not towards academics or out of class activities
alone. The principal has to play a very important role as a coordinator.

3.3 Aims and Objectives of Institutional Planning

Each institution should prepare the plan on the basis of the following characteristics;
1. On the academic side institutional planning should aim at.
(a) Qualitative improvement.
(b) Providing more amenities to
(i) the teacher
(ii) the students and
(iii) the local community.
(c) Maintaining if not improving the educational standard if the number of students increases
in the school and.
(d) reducing and even eliminating the incidence of wastage and stagnation.
2. On the skill side it should aim at :
(a) cultivating a liking for gardening, craft, interior and exterior decoration.
3. On the attitude side it should aim at
(a) promoting better relationship between the students and the teachers on the one hand, the
teachers, and the parents on the other.
(b) Inspiring the teachers to give their best to the students in particular and the school in general.
(c) developing a taste in the students for dramatics, athletics and hobbies.
(d) creating a felling of belongingness the institution in both the students and teaches.

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