Educational administration involves the integration of human and material resources to achieve the objectives of educational institutions, focusing on enhancing teaching and learning. It encompasses various processes such as planning, organizing, and decision-making, and differs from educational management, which creates environments that facilitate effective education. Key principles include democracy, justice, and flexibility, while supervision plays a role in improving learning conditions and outcomes.

1. MEANING AND DEFINITIONS OF EDUCATIONAL ADMINISTRATION
 The term ‘Educational Administration is very
comprehensive.
 The word ‘administration has been derived from the
Latin word ‘minister which means, ‘service rendered to
others for their welfare.
 Educational Administration is regarded as the process
of integrating the appropriate human and material
resources that are made available and made effective
for achieving the purposes of a programme of an
educational institution. It is concerned with the
formulation, execution and appraisal of educational
policies.
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2. Nature of Educational Administration
 Educational Administration is the process of bringing men
and materials together for effective and functional teaching
and learning in the school. The focus of educational
administration is the enhancement of teaching and learning.
 Educational Administration is a non-profit making
task.
 Educational Administration is primarily a social
enterprise as it is more concerned with human
resources than with material resources.
 Educational Administration is more art than a science.
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3.  Educational Administration doesn’t refer to any single
process rather different processes or aspects constitute
administration. These are planning, organizing,
directing, motivating, controlling, coordinating,
decision making, and evaluating.
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4.  Administration is the organization and use of men and
materials to accomplish a purpose.
 As defined by Herbert A Simon. “ administration can be
defined as the activities of groups co-operating to
accomplish a common goals.
 As defined by E. A. Nigro
 “Administration is the organization and use of men and
materials to accomplish a purpose.”
 In its broadest sense, administration can be defined as the
activities of a groups co-operating to accomplish common
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5.  As defined by Leonard D. White,
“The art of administration is the direction, co-ordination
and control of many persons to achieve some purpose
or objective.”
 As defined by J. M. Pfiffner
Administration means “the organization and direction
of human and material resources to achieve desired
ends.”
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6. What is the difference between educational administration and educational?
 The key difference between educational management
and educational administration is that educational
management involves creating and maintaining an
environment to promote and support an effective
teaching and learning process within educational
institutions, whereas educational administration
involves the maintenance. The key difference between
educational management and educational
administration is that educational management
involves creating and maintaining an environment to
promote and support an effective teaching and
learning process within educational institutions,
whereas educational administration involves the
maintenance of the overall process of a school or an
educational institution more smoothly to have successful
student learning. 6

7.  Both educational management and educational
administration collaborate in achieving the objectives and
goals of an organization.
 Management is a key factor in success and failure.
Management is the process of reaching organizational
goals by working with and through people and other
organizational resources.
 Educational management deals with operations that are
used in educational organizations. The main purpose of
educational management is to create an effective and
efficient environment in educational institutions. This
environment is created to promote and support effective
teaching and learning.
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8.  Management involves the process of coordinating and
integrating work activities so that they are completed
efficiently and effectively with and through other people
(Robbins, 1999).
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9.  The key difference between educational management and
educational administration is that educational management
involves working with human resources to meet the goals,
whereas educational administration involves managing and
directing people to achieve objectives and goals. While
educational management focuses on planning, staffing,
recruiting, and leading the organization to achieve the goals,
educational administration basically focuses on decision
making, policymaking, and laws and regulations of the institute.
Moreover, another important difference between educational
management and educational administration is that educational
management carries out the responsibility of the proper
functioning of the institution, whereas educational
administration prepares policies to guide decision-making
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10. What does educational administration mean?
 Educational administration is the management of a
school system. It involves providing leadership for the
education of students, developing curricula,
implementing assessments and managing human and
material resources to achieve specific goals.
 What is the role of administration in education?
 To frame rules for the budgeting, spending, and
controlling of the funds and resources available to the
school. To make sure that education is being provided
by making use of the financial and human resources
available within the country
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11.  What are the basic principles of educational
administration?
 The principles are: (1) Structural Democracy, (2)
Operational Democracy (3) Justice (4) Equality of
Opportunity (5) Prudence (6) Adaptability, Flexibility
and Stability.
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12. Edn Supervision
 “Supervision is assistance in the development of a better
teaching/ learning situation.”
 “Supervision has gradually moved from improvement of
instruction to improvement of learning.”
 “Supervision is an expert technical service primarily
concerned with studying and improving the conditions that
surround learning and pupil growth.”
Supervision is normally “see” or “oversee”. Supervision is more
concerned with administrative work instead of academic
work.Supervisor is not subject expert and normally their
position is autocratic. Supervision can enhance the teacher
leadership role in improving student learning. For the
positive outcomes, carefully plan the supervision.
Supervision is democratic, scientific, creative,professional.
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13. Objectives of
Educational Administration
To provide proper education to students.
To ensure adequate utilization of all resources.
To ensure professional ethics and professional
development among teachers.
 To organize educational programmes for acquainting
students with the art of democratic living and giving
them excellent training in democratic citizenship.
 To organize co-curricular activities actively for
developing talents of students and work efficiency of
educational teachers.
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14. Types of Administration
 Democratic Administration
 b. Autocratic Administration
 c. Nominal Administration
 d. Real Administration
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