The present volume contains scholarly research articles and papers contributed by the budding as well as seasoned scholars/researchers in the field of education. The major themes, given elaborate treatment herein are—role of principal in institutional planning, model educational planning, education and development, role of education in development of education, developing economics of value-based education, economic development in India through education, education and economic development, education and economic growth in India, progress of secondary education in India under five year plans, changing nature of higher education, education as an investment, legal perspective of government policy of education, human capital formation, HRM and HRD, human development index, costs of education, cost benefit analysis in education, investment in education, economic approaches to education, manpower planning approach, role of education in human capital, supply of education, economic dimension of investment in human capital, return from education, and approaches of planning in education, etc. A veritable mine of information, this book will prove vade mecum to students, researchers, teachers, teacher-trainers, teacher-trainees, policy-makers and educationists.