Human resources in Africa ( trends and issues in African education) : in this issue manpower planning and education planning in Africa, education and politics in Africa and reforming African school curriculum

Manpower planning is an art which uses a number of mathematical, scientific and statistical techniques to forecast the needs in manpower for all types of production activities within a given economy. It is on the basis of findings made during the course of planning manpower-, that a clear idea is obtained of the likely supply and demand situations in respect of all types and categories of skills. These findinqs are then presented to educational policy and decision makers for necessary follow-up through the development of curricula and appropriate courses which would respond to the identified needs in manpower for economic development.