Educational Planning and Management 2nd set

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Mizoram University

Education

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Prajwal Hallale

VI SEMESTER, EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
PAPER-X: Educational Planning and Management

UNIT-I: Educational Planning
Multiple Choice Questions:

1. Webster’s International Dictionary (1981) defines planning:
a) selects among alternatives, explores routes before travel begins and identifies possible or
probable outcomes of action.
b) as an act or process of making or carrying out plans.
c) efficient and effective planning saves time, effort and money.
d) is a process utilized by an administrator while performing the role of a leader, decision-maker,
change agent and so on.

2. According to Hagman and Schwartz, planning is:
a) a good method of solving problems.
b) defining the present situation.
c) developing a set of actions.
d) planning selects among alternatives, explores routes before travel begins and identifies possible
or probable outcomes of action.

3. Educational planning is a process utilized by:
a) an administrator while performing the role of a leader, decision-maker, change agent and so on.
b) social and economic concerned with the welfare and progress of all citizens rather than the selfish
goals of some special interest groups.
c) involvement of representatives of most of the concerned Sectors of the society in the process of
planning.
d) based on the principle of maximum utility of resources available with school and the community.

4. The Indian Commission 1964-66 opines that every educational institution can do much more
through-
a) a programme of development and improvement prepared by a particular institution
b) better planning and hard work to improve the quality of education within its existing resources
c) various alternative courses of action, evaluating these alternatives and choosing the most suitable
alternative
d) changes made on adhoc piecemeal basis to solve immediate problems.

5. Educational planning is necessary to
a) ensure the success of education
b) minimize backward children
c) broaden the outlook of students
d) have better relationship among teachers

6. Institutional planning is based on the principles ___ utilization of the resources available in the
school and community.
a) maximum
b) sufficient
c) optimum
d) none of the above

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7. An Institutional planning is defined as “a programme of educational developmental improvement
prepared by an educational institution on the basis of its felt needs”. Who gave this definition?
a) M.B. Buch
b) Harold Koontz
c) George Litwin
d) Robert Stringer

8. Institutional involves the three main elements which are
a) pre-determined actions use of scarce funds and taking risks
b) pre-determined objectives, use of scarce resources and taking decisions
c) planning, evaluation and review
d) programme, actions and reviews

9. Educational planning is a subsystem of a general planning for____ development.
a) human
b) social
c) economic
d) national

10. Institutional planning can be of
a) long-term only
b) short-term only
c) short-term and long-term
d) none of the above

11. Institutional planning is an effort to make____ use of available resources.
a) sufficient
b) minimum
c) adequate
d) optimum

12. Institutional planning aims to
a) involve every teacher in the preparation of the plan
b) have better coordination between teachers
c) save time, money and materials
d) arouse curiosity of the students

13. The basis of all programmes of quantitative and qualitative improvement in education is
a) educational planning
b) educational management
c) educational finance
d) managerial behaviour

14. Planning process means
a) plan to plan
b) goal to goal
c) programme of development
d) making process

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15. Strategic planning is also known as
a) Short-term planning
b) Long-term planning
c) Short and Long-term planning
d) None of the above

16. This approach also known as ‘social planning’ or ‘planning for social development’ is
a) man power approach
b) social demand approach
c) rate of return approach
d) social justice approach

17. In which year was the International Conference on educational planning held at Paris?
a) 1968
b) 1967
c) 1958
d) 1966

18. Educational Planning in India has failed to adopt___ approach as there is fast increasing
unemployment in every field of man power production in education.
a) social justice
b) rate of return
c) man power
d) social demand

19. The concept of planning in India dates back to____ when Indian National Congress appointed
National Planning Committee.
a) 1937
b) 1947
c) 1938
d) none of the above

20. Planning in education is an extremely important activity as it forms the basis of all programmes
of____ improvement in education.
a) quantitative
b) qualitative
c) quantiatative and qualitative
d) none of the above

21. Educational Planning is necessary to ensure
a) success of the enterprise
b) efficient and effective planning saves time, effort and money
c) good method of solving problems
d) all of the above

22. Planning is involved in-
a) establishing a goal or a set of goals
b) defining the present situation
c) determining aids and barriers
d) all of the above

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23. One of the characteristics of Institutional Planning-
a) Co-operative
b) Man-power
c) Educational development
d) Progress

24. Institutional planning is based on-
a) modern educational planning
b) defining the present situation
c) developing a set of actions
d) community set up

25. Institutional planning on one hand stresses on____ of human and material resources and on the
other hand also pays accent on augmenting human efforts.
a) need based
b) specificity
c) goal oriented
d) optimum utilisation

26. Institutional planning is a means of
a) accomplishing widespread targets of education
b) planning activity must be stimulated in some way at some level
c) planning was considered regimentation and standardisation suitable only for authoritarian state
d) determining aids and barriers

27. Institutionalplanning lays stress on both
a) national and state policies
b) improvement and development
c) curriculum and co-curricular
d) qualitative and quantitative

28. Planning should be two-way process, starting from below, from the very grass-roots from what is
called
a) Educational planning
b) Institutional planning
c) Educational management
d) Financial management

29. Modern educational planning emphasizes that only the top administrator or the government
should be involved in
a) management
b) activity
c) implementing
d) planning

30. Efficient and effective planning saves
a) economy, industry and commerce
b) schools and colleges
c) time, effort and money
d) none of these

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31. The objective of educational planning is
a) identifying causes of educational problems
b) establishing a goal or a set of goals
c) lays stress on improvement and development both
d) developing a set of actions

32. When a plan is prepared by a particular institution on the basis of its own development and
improvement, it is called institutional planning in which each ____ school must have its own plan.
a) secondary
b) primary
c) middle
d) higher secondary

33. Planning was considered regimentation and standardisation suitable only for
a) democratic state
b) republican state
c) authoritarian state
d) socialist state

34. “Planning selects among alternatives, explores routes before travel begins and identifies possible
or probable outcomes of action before the executive and his organisation is committed to any”. Who
says this?
a) Hagman Schwartz
b) Webster
c) M.B. Buch
d) None of the above

35. Democratic planning in India centralised but it lays emphasis on decentralised unitsat_____level
a) village
b) urban
c) specific
d) rural

36. Planning is purposeful action having certain____ and ends to achieve
a) requirement
b) improvement
c) opportunities
d) objective

37. The complexities of modern technology in society have given rise to the need for planning in____
a) education
b) society
c) institution
d) management

38. In___ planning with one’s view the national and state educational policies are also reflected.
a) educational
b) institutional
c) administrative
d) none of the above

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39. After the Second World War, the principle and methods of educational development in the
Soviet Union were adopted by the____ States of Central.
a) socialist
b) authoritarian
c) Marxist
d) democratic

40. The basic chain of activities underlying all educational planning consists of____
a) gathering information
b) democratic set up
c) community support
d) human and physical resources

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ANSWER KEY:
1. B
2. D
3. A
4. B
5. A
6. A
7. A
8. C
9. D
10. C
11. A
12. A
13. A
14. C
15. B
16. D
17. A
18. C
19. C
20. C
21. D
22. D
23. A
24. D
25. D
26. A
27. B
28. B
29. D
30. C
31. A
32. A
33. C
34. A
35. A
36. D
37. A
38. B
39. A
40. A

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Fill in the blanks:
1. Planning in education is an extremely important activity as it forms the basis of all_________
of quantitative and qualitative improvement in education.
2. Planning is purposeful action having certain objectives and ends to___________.
3. Educational planning focuses on ‘what’, ‘why’ and_________ of achieving some goals.
4. Increasing populations, man-power needs________ , decreasing natural resources and
haphazard applications of scientific developments require educational planning.
5. _________ causes of the educational problems and suggesting relevant solution is, then, the
objective of educational planning.
6. _________ planning is considered an important principle of planning in all fields.
7. Institutional planning lays stress on________ and development both.
8. Need based __________ planning is prepared on the basis of felt needs of schools by
officials of particular institution.
9. For the construction of institutional planning knowledge is necessary of human
and________ resources.
10. Educational planning may face educational, social, economic, political and administrative
problems to be solved in an___________ manner.
11. Planning is the process of preparing a set of________ for action in future directed towards
realizing some specific goals by the best possible means.
12. In Institutional planning schools are at liberty for preparing their efforts and___________
according to situation and demand.
13. Institutional planning is based on_________ support.
14. Institutional planning is based on the principle of________ utility of resources available with
school and community.
15. Modern educational planning carefully and objectively collects data, interprets and
analyses___________ between present and future needs.
16. The basic chain of activities underlying all educational planning consists of gathering
information processing this information and_________ it.
17. Planning is made only when it is found that the present conditions are not meeting the goals
or some new_______ is set forth.
18. Formerly planning was considered regimentation and standardisation suitable only
for_______ states.
19. The institutions are the units of accomplishing national and state educational___________
and their goals.
20. Planning begins with_________ about organizational needs and analysis of the organization
resources and limitations.

ANSWER KEY:
1. Programmes
2. Achieve
3. How
4. Ecology
5. Identifying
6. Cooperative
7. Improvement
8. Institutional
9. Physical
10. Integrated
11. Decisions
12. Programmes
13. Community
14. Maximum
15. Inter-relationships
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16. Interpreting
17. Idea
18. Authoritarian
19. Policies
20. Decisions

UNIT-II: Educational Planning
Multiple choice questions:
1. Educational Administration is the process of
a) Utilising appropriate resources for development of human qualities
b) Manage activities of educational institutions
c) Planning, organising, directing and controlling
d) None of the above

2. In Educational Management function of reporting is/are
a) Documentation
b) Record keeping
c) Inspection
d) All of the above

3. In Educational Management function of planning
a) Preparing for future for directed goals
b) Financial planning
c) To appoint staff
d) All of the above

4. In Educational Management function of coordinating is
a) Record keeping
b) Relationship between stock holder
c) To appoint staff
d) None of the above

5. Types of Educational Administration are
a) 2 types
b) 3 types
c) 4 types
d) None of the above

6. In Educational Management function of Budgeting is
a) Financial planning
b) Accounting
c) Control and expenditure
d) None of the above

7. In Educational Administration Autocratic Administration
a) One person is responsible for running affairs of institution
b) Two persons are responsible for running affairs of institution
c) Both A&B
d) None of the above

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8. Modern concept in Educational Administration is?
a) Autocratic administration
b) Democratic administration
c) Laissez faire administration
d) None of the above

9. Educational Management is a comprehensive effort intended to achieve some_________
educational objectives
a) General
b) Specific
c) Operative
d) All of the above

10. The centralized system of management aim at
a) Equality
b) Competency
c) Uniformity
d) Flexibility

11. Which of the following is not a structural characteristic of Bureaucrats
a) A graded system of authority
b) A system of central files
c) Chaotic and specific rules which define procedures and which are followed
d) A routinisation of a task

12. ______ensures the continuity of the growth of the enterprise
a) Planning
b) Staffing
c) Supervising
d) Budgeting

13. What is the process of distributing resources by translating plans into action and fostering
accountability
a) Organising
b) Directing
c) Controlling
d) Budgeting

14. _______ is systematic process of coordinating group efforts to achieve results
a) Motivating
b) Budgeting
c) Reporting
d) Staffing

15. Who share the most responsibility according to the Principles of Sharing
a) The teachers
b) The students
c) The administrators
d) All of the above

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