Lecture One: Socio-Political Context of Educational Planning and Administration

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