Planning should be the first function to be
performed by any school administrator in Kaduna North Local Government Area in
Kaduna state of Nigeria. Okoh (1985:46) declared that planning is the process
of working out in advance to broad outline the things needs to be done and the
methods for implementing them so as to achieve educational goals and
objectives. He further stated that planning does not eliminate the element of
risk but that good planning provides a more accurate basis for estimating
relative success or failure in more precise terms. During the time when
education was under the control of the European missionaries, there was nothing
like pre-planning arrangement, possible read justment were made as pupils were
poorly going to different classes as a result of lack of proper planning.
According to Bello (1981:1) the
school administrators should first perform the
function of planning under the administrative processes.
Planning enables the administrator to know how
to plan and when to plan at the appropriate time in order to obtain his goals
and objectives. An organization ability to achieve success depends on its
planning strategies.
Aderounmmu and Ehiametalor (1981:56) declared
that planning involves decision making for a future course of action, a decision
which must be taken well in advance.
This is a decision which is to be followed
accordingly to the preplanned arrangement. According to Knezevich planning is
define as preparing a set of decision
for future actions directed at achieving goals by optimal means.