Socio‐economic Method of Strategic Planning of Education

Abstract

By strategic planning of education I mean a consistent system of analyses, forecasts and planning work based on them, all aimed at establishing the purpose of general education and vocational training, the development of education in schools and outside them (adult education) as well as the number and composition of those participating in education. The system is primarily aimed at clarifying those problems of development which generally require a decision or a stand to be taken by government. This short study describes a possible methodological concept of the strategic planning of education, tested and for long applied in practice, together with the logical course and essential contents of the planning process. However, this is only a part of the complete system of the planning of education, which also comprises other planning tasks, e.g. the planning of the general objectives, methods and content of education or that of the technical, material and financial conditions of development and maintenance. These related, but at the same time separate, tasks as regards contents and methodology mostly require a different approach, also as regards scientific discipline; in fact, even different planning horizons, institutional and organisational frameworks. The present specific methodological study only indicates these tasks in one or two respects. Because its characteristics differ in part from other internationally acknowledged methodological concepts, e.g. the “manpower approach”, etc, this methodology will be called “socio‐economic” methodology.

Citation

Timár, J. (1987), "Socio‐economic Method of Strategic Planning of Education", International Journal of Manpower, Vol. 8 No. 4, pp. 20-25. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb045135