Educational planning within over-all development planning

Abstract

The final report of the conference of African states on the development of education in Africa contains the following definition of educational planning: Planning of education is concerned both with governmental and private activities in order to have adequate education by stages and within defined goals, offering each individual a better chance to realize his potentialities and to make his most effective contribution to the country's social and economic development. A recent report on an exploratory study on the inter-disciplinary team approach to educational planning contains the following statement: “Educational planning is defined as the designing of a national education system directed to realistic educational goals, responsive to manpower needs, geared to national resources for educational expenditures, and fully integrated with total national development planning".