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Abstract
The purpose of this study was to examine the nature of planning education for sustainable development of schools in the South-South of Nigeria. The design of the study was ex-post facto design. The population of the study consisted of all education stakeholders in selected states of South-South of Nigeria. The instrument for data collection was a four point-Likert type questionnaire called Nature of Educational Planning and Sustainable Development (NEPSDQ). The instrument was administered to a sample of four hundred and ninety-nine (499) education stakeholders randomly selected. The data collected from the sample were respectively subjected to statistical analysis using one way-analysis of variance (ANOVA). To further carry out the investigation three (3) hypotheses were formulated to guide the study. The major result obtained indicated that forecasting/projection, data and target setting are very essential input in planning education successfully. These variables therefore have a significant influence in planning education for sustainable development of the school system.