Melm 527: Educational Planning Question Paper
Melm 527: Educational Planning
Course:Education
Institution: Kenya Methodist University question papers
Exam Year:2010
FACULTY : EDUCATION & SOCIAL SCIENCES
DEPARTMENT : EDUCATION AND PREUNIVERSITY
TIME : 2 HOURS
INSTRUCTIONS Answer ALL Questions in Section A and any Other TWO Questions in Section B
SECTION A
Question 1
a) What is Educational planning? (5marks)
b) What is the purpose of Educational planning? (5marks)
c) Educational planning deals with the future” comment on this statement. (5marks)
Question 2
Give a brief history of educational planning. Why did a new kind of planning become necessary? (5marks)
SECTION B
Question 3
In some countries unemployment has been caused by “by the wrong kind of Education” What is “the wrong kind of education?” How can Educational planners help to stop this kind of wastage?
(15marks) Question 4
What should be the priority objectives and functions of the educational system and of each of its sub-systems (including each level, Institution, grade, course, and class)? (15marks)
Question 5
How much of a countries resources should be committed to education at the expense of other things? Who should pay for the cost of education? (15marks)
Question 6
What is the “manpower” approach to education. What are some of the weakness of this approach? How does it differ from the rate of return approach? (15marks)
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