This document discusses the various dimensions of educational planning, including political, economic, science and technology, legal, demographic, and cultural dimensions. It provides examples of how each dimension relates to and impacts educational planning, such as how the political dimension involves promoting justice, peace, and good governance, the economic dimension focuses on employment and satisfying human wants, and the demographic dimension requires considering student and community population structures and characteristics.

2. Name Hanif Jan
Class: M.Phil. (Edu 2nd Sem)
Qutuba University of science &
technology Hayat Abad Peshawar

3. The dimensions of
educational planning
There are various dimensions of educational planning:
 Political dimensions
 Economic Dimensions
 Science and Technology Dimension
 Legal Dimensions
 Demographic Dimensions
 Cultural Dimensions

4. Political dimensions:
The political objective of the educational
planning should relate to the promotion of
justice, peace, law order and good
governance.

5. Economic Dimensions:
 The economic consideration in educational planning should lay
emphasis on the need for individual to live happily. Educational
plan should include labour and employment aspects. Educational
plan should tend towards preparing people for gainful
employment, and production of goods to satisfy human wants.

6. Science and Technology
Dimension
Education for technological advancement should
be well planned, financed and implemented
for the development of individuals in the
technological society.

7. Legal Dimensions
 Educational planning requires specific legal framework. The
legislative, courts and the judiciary have important roles to play in
education of a nation. The implementation of educational planning
should be within the ambits of the nation’s constitution, status and
education law.

8. Demographic Dimensions:
Educational planning should take special notice of
the structure and characteristics of the school going
population and the population around the schools.
Educational planning without sufficient demographic
data results to failure at achieving the educational
objectives.

9. Cultural Dimensions
 Cultural groups influence the operations of educational planning generally
and also the implementation of polices on education. The national
development objectives should be culture oriented because of the social
value system as it affects education.