This study addresses the current planning model in Latin America, which was inspired by the thought of national development granting the State the role of the leading actor of economic development. It examines the influence of this model on the planning of social arenas, including the educational one and inquires the factors that led to its breakdown. The criticisms of the fundamental postulates of traditional economic planning in the late 1970s and the post-80s crisis, and the search for alternative proposals of planning are also adressed. Finally, the study deals with Carlos Matus´s Situational Strategic Planning (PES method), covering the main operational concepts of the method of this intellectual and economist altogether its suitability for the program of the social and educational areas.
Situational strategic planning; governance; educational planning
