Lecture One: Socio-Political Context of Educational
Planning and Administration
Summary
of Lecture One
§ Educational Administration
or Management involves the planning and implementation of educational
programmes
§ Educational
Management comprises educational administration and educational planning
§ Educational
Administration deals more with the implementation of educational programme
§ The activities
of institutions, educational planners and administrators are influenced by
socio-political factors like culture, politics, technology, economy, and
religion
§ The social
influence model illustrates the interrelationship between education, culture,
politics, technology, economy, and religion.
§ Culture is the
total way of life as practiced by people living within a geographical areas
§ The
bi-directional relationship between culture and education implies that culture
enriches education, while education is a way of improving the culture of a
people.
§ The use of
information and communication technology as teaching aids improves teaching
learning process and education administration while education enhances
technological growth
§ Religion
influence on education include the establishment of missionary schools while
education train clergymen that serve in
the missions
§ The education
sector depends on the political class for funding, servicing and monitoring,
while the political system depends on the school system for the training and
supply of political leaders
§ The education
sector also supplies the economy with skilled manpower, while the economy
provides the required educational resources
