THE UNIVERSITY OF DODOMA
COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
SCHOOL OF EDUCATIONAL STUDIES
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIONAL MANAGEMENT AND POLICY STUDIES

SEMINAR QUESTIONS 2010/2011

1. Authenticate the statement that: demographic dynamics, political instability and economic changes particularly in developing countries, tend to affect educational reform and so should be taken into account during educational planning.

2. “The educational system introduced into Tanzania by the colonialists was modeled on the British system, but with heavier emphasis on subservient attitudes and on white collar skills” (Nyerere, 1967). Substantiate this statement in regard to Tanzanian graduates at the current global labour market. As a prospective educational planner, suggest the best ways to eschew these attitudes in the near future.

3. Educational planning as it is in any other social setting planning and organization is a formalized process. Discuss.

4. Explain the rationality of searching knowledge for planning in education, mainly in developing countries and Tanzania in particular.

5. Discuss the main features and significance of Education Sector Analysis (ESA) for appropriate educational planning in a constrained allocation of educational resources.

6. Explain with appropriate examples the significance of School Mapping techniques in planning education at the micro level i.e. community level of your choice.


7. How would you compare the effect of Structural Adjustment Policy of 1980s as a result of economic recession with recent world economic downturn towards educational reform in Tanzania? What possible policy decisions would you prefer, to stabilize the current education sector reform in Tanzania?

8. With appropriate examples, differentiate the applications of Cost-Benefit Analysis (CBA) and Cost-Effectiveness Analysis (CEA) in educational planning.

9. The current Secondary Education Development Plan (SEDP) is the reflection of Education and Training Policy (ETP) of 1995. Corroborate.

10. With concrete examples, discuss the idea that the recent expansion of secondary education at the Ward level is a planning intervention against burning cross-cutting issues such as environmental degradation and HIV/AIDS scourge in Tanzania.

11. Explain factors influencing teachers’ supply in planning human resource development for proper educational reform in Tanzania?

12. As a prospective education planner, discuss the effects of population growth for projections of future school enrollment and explain the methods of forecasting school enrollments. What other factors do you think are necessary in forecasting future schools enrollment?