Abstract:
Education is a basic necessity for wholesome living to every human being. Basic
functional skills, knowledge and values are mandatory for life to have any meaning
and be worth living. With the school being the most recognized agent for the
provision of education, enormous resources are channeled through it by both the
state and individuals to provide educational services. Resources on the other hand
are universally known to be scarce; this calls for thoughtful and systematic planning
of the process of resource mobilization and utilization for the provision of educational
services to the society. This paper examines the process of educational planning in
the light of Ivan Illich’s ideas. Illich’s concept of Institutionalization of Values, Illich’s
concept of the school, the paradox of the school as an agent of education and the
relevance of Illich’s school of thought in educational planning are the key issues that
this paper will focus on.
