In its broadest sense, educational planning is the application of rational, systematic analysis to the process of educational development with the aim of making education more effective and efficient in responding to the needs and goals of its students and society. Education has long been recognized as a central element in development (Bacchus, 1992). It is often said that failing to plan is planning to fail and this idiom strongly applies to the domain of education particularly secondary education which this paper focus on. Planning of secondary schools must endeavour to produce quality graduates with skills ready for the job market. This paper examined the necessity for appropriate secondary school planning and recommended the way forward by using stakeholders as pointer s to the way forward to achieving better academic excellence. Methodology used was analytical making use of secondary sources of data like journals and books.