Educational Policy: A Review of its Nature, Forms, Processes, Rationale and Misconceptions
1Sa’adu Isa Bashar
Department of Education Foundations, Faculty of Education, Sokoto State University, Sokoto, Nigeria
2Aminu Malami Sifawa
Department of Education Foundations, Faculty of Education, Sokoto State University, Sokoto, Nigeria
Abstract
Educational policies are the driving forces for actualizing the predetermined national goals. The success of educational policies translates in to the success of other sectors of the economy and vice-versa. Thus, the thrust of this paper is to add to the existing literature of educational policy by clarifying the concepts of policy and educational policy, highlighting the unique nature of good educational policies, the forms of educational policies, the processes of formulating quality educational policies, why quality educational policies need to be formulated, as well as the misconceptions that must be avoided by educational policy actors for making better and sound educational policies. The paper recommended that talented and skilled manpower, adequate funding, and accurate statistical data need to be injected in the policy making and implementation processes for achieving the entire national development goals.
Keywords
Educational policy, Nature, Forms, Process, Rationale, Misconceptions
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