BASIC STATISTICAL TOOLS

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

Prepared by: Cheryl M. Asia

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
 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
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 tto 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
Thank you….