Educational Planning: Principles, Tools and Applications in the Developing World

AUTHOR: J. C. S. Musaazi
ISBN: 9970-05-022-2
PUBLISHER: Makerere University Press
AVAILABLE AT: East African Institute of Higher Education Studies and Development

Makerere University

Review by Jude Ssempebwa

Hailing from the hands of the renowned author of ‘The theory and practice of educational administration’, ‘Educational Planning: Principles, Tools and Applications in the Developing World’ is a masterpiece that brings together the breadth and depth of planning in a uniquely simple and captivating style. Treating planning from the viewpoint of developing world education, it explores a wide range of issues, stretching from education through politics to development, which it analyses, whilst drawing lessons for the developing from the developed world, within a standardised paradigm. Pertinent theoretical aspects of planning as well as micro and macro planning models are discussed and a laudable attempt is made on defining a generic model. Above all, it is prescriptive, so readers will not only learn planning and why it is often erratic; they will learn how to plan, in educational and other settings, at all levels. Lastly, its futuristic orientation ensures that the reader is brought to the leading edge of planning and challenged and capacitated to ask and respond to questions pertaining to the future of planning.