Abstract
M.Ed. (Education Management)
This study reveals that, in the aims of the Central Government to reach parity in regard to facilities for education for the various racial groups, a national register of schools
with uniform, comparable statistics is a necessity for planning and management in education. A functional system for education and the cultural development of a community develop jointly. Therefore educational and other statistics are necessary to plan and manage education according to the manpower needs of the RSA. With the
cultural development of the communities and the corresponding development of education, new standards are needed in education. Thus new educational tests (aptitude, diagnostic and personality) are developed accordingly. Justifiable and comparable educational statistics, at a central point, are required to draw scientific samples for use to evaluate the newly developed educational tests. The study also indicates that economical and systematic systems should be used to compile and store educational statistics on the computer for easy availability of the data when needed for planning and management of education.