Educational Planning for Development

This volume aims to meet the serious need existing in Africa for a textbook dealing specifically with the subject of educational planning.

The unlimited public demand for education and the resultant soaring costs of providing schooling has led to the establishment of planning units at national and regional/state levels in almost all countries in Africa.

The requirements for qualified manpower to undertake educational development planning on a rational and systematic basis is therefore acutely felt everywhere.

Educational planning is consequently increasingly becoming an essential component of education courses at certificate, diploma, undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

The purpose of this book is to help the reader understand the nature of planning and its systematic application as a tool for educational development.

It presents a broad view of the field of educational planning and development suitable for undergraduate students following university courses in education.

It is equally useful to practising educational administrators, headteachers and planners concerned with the day-to-day running of the education system in African countries.