EDUC 207 – EDUCATIONAL PLANNING  

BASIC STATISTICAL TOOLS

IN EDUCATIONAL
PLANNING
KINDS OF DATA NEEDED IN EDUCATIONAL
PLANNING
 COLLECTION OF STATISTICAL DATA
 DATA PROCESSING, STORAGE, AND
RETRIEVAL

ROCHELLE R. PILLAS
Presenter
 BASIC STATISTICAL TOOLS IN EDUCATIONAL PLANNING

The Department of Education Planning Division States the main

purpose of educational statistics maybe summarized as follows:
 To forecast the demand for education of different kinds
and to estimate the future stock of students in different
educational sectors in order to ensure the adequate
educational resources- teachers, buildings, equipment-are
available at the right time
 To forecast the future outflow of individuals with
different kinds of education
 To estimate the future costs for educational system
 To give data useful for educational research
BASIC STATISTICAL TOOLS IN EDUCATIONAL PLANNING

 To estimate the future costs for educational system

 To give information for the current

administration of educational sector
 To give a broad description of the
educational sector for the general
public.
KINDS OF DATA NEEDED IN EDUCATIONAL PLANNING

A. Types of data required for different purposes

Stock data – describe the situation of
educational system at a given point of time, in
terms of total number of schools, teachers, and
students for each type of level of education.

Flow data – describe the internal dynamics of

the educational system.
present enrolment – previous
enrolment/previous*100
100-80=20
20/80=25%
25% of 100 is 25
125 projected enrolment for next sy
5/50=10%
B. Educational statistics can be controlled on
an individualized or an aggregate basis
Individualized data- provide information
about each individual or student or teacher in
a considerably detailed basis.
Aggregated data- provide information on
students and teachers distributed by sex,
age, subject areas, etc.
C. Background information which are of vital
interest to the educational planner are those
related to the development of the population and
the economy of the country and those which
express needs for education.

Demographic data- the basic population data

used are the previous and projected
single-year, sex-age groups of the school
age population (approximately 5-20 years).

Manpower data- educational planning is

closely interrelated with manpower
planning.
Manpower data that are needed in educational
planning include:
 Economically active population distributed
by the economic sector and educational
attainment by age, sex, and occupation.
 Information on non-active population by age,
sex, and educational attainment.

Economic data- as to the economic data

needed, the gross national product (GNP) or the
gross national income should provide basic
information.
D. Educational Statistics
 The proper classification of data in presenting
statistics on schools, classes, students, and
teachers maybe as follows:
 By authority which is responsible for schools
 By level and school cycle,
 Distinctions among different levels of
education
Elementary (primary and intermediate)- by
school cycle that maybe presented by the grade
or year.
Secondary level- between academic or
general, vocational, technical, etc.
Class and students- make further
supervisions on mathematics, communication
arts, social sciences, etc.
Tertiary level- students are divided by line of
study.
Data on Student- the most
essential source of information in
educational planning is that concerns
the students.
Data on Teachers- as teachers
salaries contribute the largest item in
the educational budget, a proper
planning of the future demand for
teachers and their utilization is
essential.
 COLLECTION OF STATISTICAL DATA
Basic statistical data for educational planning can be obtained in six
ways, all which can be utilized by well-organized program of
educational statistics per DECS, are as follows:
 Regular censuses of students, teachers, graduates etc. in all
educational institutions
 Regular sample surveys of students, teachers, etc. in all schools or
a sample of them
 Ad hoc surveys at irregular intervals
 Population censuses

 Sample surveys drawn from population censuses

 Routine reporting of data obtained as by-product of educational
administration
DATA PROCESSING, STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL
The needs in educational statistics are related to
the development of the educational
planning machinery. Where planning has
reached a sophisticated level, the demands are
even greater as to the amount of information.
Methods of processing, storage, and retrieval of
data:
 Input system- transfers the original data to
form which is suitable for processing
 Arithmetic unit- consists of desk calculators,
punched-card operated machines or
Computers
Output Unit- enables the statistical office staff to
present processed data in a form which can be
printed and published.
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