Educational Planning in Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Nigeria: Challenges and the Ways Forward

Abstract

This article discussed the challenges facing planning of education in Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Nigeria. The article made used of secondary data which was sorted from print material and online publication. The article identified; inadequate planning funds, inadequate Educational Planners, lack of data/information to plan, lack of planning materials, political influence, political instability, institutional corruption, poor implementation of planed actions and poor capacity development of educational Planners as the challenges facing planning of education in Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. To solve these problems facing educational planning in Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, the following was suggested: generation of creditable data/information for planning, adequate funding of educational planning, provision of planning materials, employment of more professional educational planner, ensure independent of educational Planners, fight institutional corruption, ensure policy continuity in Federal Capital Territory, and ensure constant training and retraining programme for Educational planners in Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, Nigeria.