Global Educational Research Journal

A Theoretical Perspective on Educational Planning In Nigeria

Abstract

Accepted 3^rd February, 2022.

Education, as offered across the globe (particularly in this 21^st century is development driven. The implication is that, Education is conceived as a crystal ball through which the desire of the future is perceived. Therefore the planning of education in Nigeria ought to be packaged as a blue-print of actions that prescribes the sequences of activities that have to be undertaken if educational goals are to be achieved. What a plan does is to ensure that the education goals of the sector are attained in a more efficient manner (when time and resources are considered.

Keywords: Education, development, problems, Change