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Educational Management

Notes 4. On the economic side it should aim at :
(a) reducing the cost of education per student by making the optimum utilisation of existing
resources.
(b) tapping all the economic resources of the local community.
(c) procuring all possible plan and non-plan, recurring and non recurring grants from the
government agencies.
(d) receiving all possible help from the philanthropic associations in the form of scholarships
for the students, book aid and amenities like the water cooler, the public address
instruments etc.
5. If it is a newly started school, the first aim should be to give a firm footing to it. But if it is
an old and established one, the main objectives would be to review and if need be, to
redefine its philosophy.
6. On the political side it should aim at developing democratic attitude the teachers and the
students.
Areas of Institutional Planning

1. Administration : A number of projects can be taken up to improve administration, for instance,
developing procedures to increase the effectiveness of staff meetings; Improving supervision;
Improving Principal-Faculty Relations; Improving Staff relations; Democratic organization
of school giving main responsibility to pupils.
2. School-Community relations : Utilizing community resource for better learning in different
subjects ; Arranging talks by commune members etc.
3. Academic : Improving reading habits through a planned use of library; Improving internal
examinations; Reducing wastage and stagnation; Assistance to retarded students : Education
of the gifted; Use of bulletin board for improved teaching.
4. Co-curricular Activities : Trying out different ways of organising co-curricular activities;
Better use of leisure by teachers as well as students; Trying out new programmes in school
assembly; Promoting student interests in school activities; Developing hobbies among students
and so on.
5. Discipline : Finding out ways for removing various evils like truancy, stealing etc : Projects
in democratic organisation of school giving more responsibility to pupils; Mock Parliament
in school etc.

A word of caution for a principal hers is necessary. If there is no resistance for the
teachers and all of them surrender to the idea, it may prove to be as a bad omen and
never and good one.

3.4 Management at Elementary Level Education

An Elementary school is the basic need of our society. This is the first level of Education,
Management of Education at this level is not an easy task. There are different categories in which
management is necessary. Without proper management, it is very difficult to implement all the
educational plans. Here we will discuss all the things in which we need management at this level
of Education.
3.4.1 School Infrastructure
School building and management is a major part of Educational management. There are various
things which we will discuss in the following heads.

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