The principles are: (1) Structural Democracy, (2)

Operational Democracy (3) Justice (4) Equality of

Opportunity (5) Prudence (6) Adaptability, Flexibility and
Stability.
 Structural Democracy:
It implies “the exercise of control” in democracy. The meaning of
exercise of control in this light should be such that, it helps the
students as future citizens in fulfilling their needs and requirements
tending to their self-realization, safeguard the democratic government
and welfare of people at local, state and national levels.
This exercise of control refers to the meaning of democracy by treating
each human being as, “a living, growing and potentially flowering
organism.” Hence in this principle of educational administration the
educational administration has to practise the principles of democracy
both in structural and functional form.
2. Operational Democracy:
This principle of educational administration gives priority on the
practical aspect of democracy as a way of life and form of governance.
To this, the essence of democracy is to give importance on the dignity
of every individual and assisting him to understand his self in this
context this principle considers democracy as a matter of spirit, way of
life and a mode of behaviour. Keeping this in view it is the task and
responsibility of an educational administrator to focus on day to day
happenings in relation to democratic society in educational
perspective that are relevant in wider extent

Justice:
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Generally speaking justice refers to provide every individual his due in

the society by honoring his individuality. This meaning of justice is the
essence of democracy. As justice is one of the basic hallmarks of
democratic administration, it is regarded as an essential principle of
educational administrating which is democratic in form and practice.
For practicing justice in educational administration there is the need
and essentiality of giving due reward and share to every individual to
his efforts and achievements

Equality of Opportunity:
One of the important social objective of education is to equalize
opportunity or facility for enabling the backward or under privileged
classes and individuals to use education as a means for improvement
of their condition.

In order to keep equality of opportunity in concrete shape in the field

of education, educational administration plays a vital role. For this
greater emphasis should be given on equality of educational
opportunity for the shake of accelerating the process for building up of
on egalitarian human society in which the age old social exploitation
will be reduced to minimum.

(а) In equal distribution of educational institutions through out the

country.

(b) Poverty of a large Section of the population and relative affluence

of a small minority.
(c) Disparity between the education of boys and girls at all stages and
in all sectors of education.

(d) Disparity of educational development between the advanced

classes and the backward classes.

Every society that values social justice and anxious to improve a lot of
common man and cultivate all available talents, must ensure
progressive equality of educational opportunity to all sections of the
population. In this context it should be the task of educational
administration to make special efforts for equalizing educational
opportunities by reducing the above cited problems of it. As a result,
equality of opportunity in educational process will be practiced by
educational administration as one of its principles.

 Prudence:
Overall speaking prudence refers to thinking or planning or showing
thought for future. Being contextual in approach it can be said that the
futuristic outlook, vision and forward looking must be incorporated it
the field of administration. Like general administration educational
administration has to practice the exercise of foresight skill and vision
with respect to matters concerning practical living and utility of the
system of administration in future by the educational administrator.

Adaptability, Flexibility and Stability

An institution must be able to adjust with changing situations by
fulfilling the developing needs and by improving its day-to-day
dealings with persons or agencies involved. This characteristic of an
institution is called adaptability. In the process of achieving its
educational objectives, it has to deal differently with different human
beings like teachers, parents and the public at large, who are affected
in one way or other by the process or its products. This tendency is
called flexibility.