The document discusses concepts of educational planning. It outlines the main stages of educational planning as collecting and analyzing statistical information, evolving policy proposals, projecting and programming plans, costing educational plans, and decision making, implementation and evaluation. It also discusses the nature of educational planning as forecasting, interpretation, setting goals and objectives, decision making, optimization of operations, and problem prevention. Key features include planning being a continuous process to achieve educational objectives and link a society's educational system to its goals.

1. CONCEPTS OF EDUCATIONAL
PLANNING
COURSE : 1.1.2 (2ND HALF)
AYAN MOHANTA
B.ED 1ST SEMESTER
ROLL NO. 42
G.C.M COLLEGE OF EDUCATION

2. 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’.
• Educational planning is a detailed and systematic process
• It is goal-oriented : it is directed at achieving a set educational objectives.

3. 5 MAIN STAGES OF EDUCATIONAL PLANNING
 Collection and Analysis of Statistical Information
 Evolving Policy Proposals
 Projections, Programming and Project
Analysis
 Costing Educational plans
 Decision, Implementation and
Evaluation

4. NATURE OF EDUCATIONAL PLANNING
 Forecasting
 Interpretation
 Goals and Objectives
 Decision-Making
 Operations Optimization
 Problem Prevention

5. FEATURES OF EDUCATIONAL PLANNING
 The main objective of educational planning is to get the most and best
educational results and to maximize educations contribution to each
individual and to the whole society.
 Planning is a continuous process. Educational planning deals with the
future, drawing enlightenment from the past.
 The important function of educational planning in linking a society’s
educational system to its goals, whatever these goals may be.
 An educational plan cannot make in a vacuum it has to be integrally
related to social and educational and cultural background.

6. FEATURES OF EDUCATIONAL PLANNING
 The educational planner must plan first ascertain the goals of national
development.
 The investment in education should be properly planned so as to get the
maximum return. It’s part of the community’s resources .

7. CHARACTERISTICS OF EDUCATIONAL
PLANNING
 Choice of Best Alternative
 Team Work
 Social and Economic Goals
 Co-operation
 Anticipation
 Remedial Measures
 Scientific Changes

8. THE NEED OF EDUCATIONAL PLANNING
 Resources are limited :
Thus the need to determine in advance a programme of action for the attainment of
the goal within a given time.
 Help in administrative decisions :
Planning is necessary for administrative decision in education, for it aims at putting
into action what educators deems to achieve.
 Clear choices :
Planning enables a nation to make its choice clear in terms of the aim and objectives
 Optimum Utilization of Resources :
Educational plans are designed to avoid imbalances and enormous wastes and
replenish the steadily aggravated shortage of teachers.

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