SCOPE AND TYPES OF

EDUCATIONAL
ADMINISTRATION.
SUBMITTED BY,
• AMITHA PHILIP
• SNEJINA B ASHOK
• SREELEKSHMI A
• GOPIKA GS
Introduction

 Educational administration is regarded as the

process of integrating the appropriate human
and material resources that are made available
and made effective for achieving the purposes
of a programme of an educational institution.
 The term administration doesn’t refer to any
single process or act.
Scope Of Educational Administration

 The educational administration encomposses all the

levels of education in its jurisdiction. These are:
1. Pre primary orpre school education
2. Elementary of primary education
3. Secondary education
4. Higher secondary or post secondary education
 It is educational administration that determines what should be the nature and
system of administration for all the above levels of education
 It covers all forms of education such as:
1. Formal education
2. Non formal education and adult education
3. General education
4. Vocational education
5. Special education
6. Teacher education
7. Integrated education
 Here the educational administration sets the systems of administration in
accordance to the objectives and nature of all the levels of education.
 It includes all types and strategies of managment that encompasses the
following :
1. Democratic administration
2. Autocratic administration
3. Nominal administration
4. Real administration
 Educational administration covers the following aspects relating to the
management in its jurisdiction
1. Planning
2. Organizing
3. Directing
4. Coordinating
5. Supervising
6. Controlling
7. Evaluating
 Educational administration takes place at various levels
such as:
1. Central level
2. State level
3. District level
4. Block level
5. Institutional level
 Out of these levels, educational administration has its ground
reality and importance at the institutional level. Because it is
the practical ground to test the significance of educational
administration in practice for this, the following activities and
programmes come under the scope of educational
administration at the institutional level.
1. Deciding the purposes of the institution or school.
2. Planning for academic or curricular and cocurricular
activities.
 Preparing the timetable and time schedules for various activities
 Assigning Assigning duties and responsibilities to the staff
members
 organizing curicular and co-curricular programmes
 directing and motivating the staff of the institution
 Exercising control over the staff
 conducting periodical reviews about the progress
achievements and failures of the institution
 Taking measurement for staff development
 Maintaining order and discipline
 Management of finance
 Management of materials
Types of educational administration

1.External adminstration
2. Internal administration

External administration
・It indicates the influence and direction which are excercised by the
educational department of government
• State formulates the framework of rules and regulation besides
prescribing the curriculum and text book
 • It prescribes the
- Scales of salaries of various categories of the Staff
- terms and Condition of their service Code of
Conduct tution fees for various Classes
- fixation of the duration of the School Session and
determines financial and regulation other matters for
welfare of the staffs and Students.
 The Schools have to teach only to that material which
is prescribed for different classes by the education
department
 Under such a system the teachers administrators and
educationists function in a team spirit
Internal Administration
•The system under which the headmaster of a school
manages and directs the day to day programmes and
activities with the help of his collegues and students with
general rules and regulations laid down by the
department.
A democratic outlook Should be brought to bear on the
Internal management of the school
• Students the also held equally accountable for the administration
of the school in balanced coordination established between their
activities and functions
•Main subject of educational administration is supposed “authority
and control “
• The form of administration and its qualities depend upon this matter
that authority and control are based on what point and how they are
used
•The control is a process by which the power is utilized
Conclusion

 Educational Administration has a vast area of

operation ranging from Planning to Budgeting in an
effort to make the educational process purposive and
functional. An important tool it is effective, systematic
and has a definite purpose.
Reference

• Ribbins, P. (1985). Organisation theory and the study of educational institutions, in

M. Hughes, P. Ribbins and H. Thomas (eds.). Managing Education: The System and
the Institution, Holtt.
•http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Management

•http://library.unesco-ba.org/English/Better_Schools/module_1.htm

•http://www.dise.in/Downloads/Reports&Studies.pdf

•http://www.educationworld.com/a_admin/admin/admin299.shtml