Federal Ministry of Education (Nigeria)

History

Mission

Organisation

• Formulating a national policy on education.
• Collecting and collating data for purposes of educational planning and financing.
• Maintaining uniform standards of education throughout the country.
• Controlling the quality of education in the country through the supervisory role of the Inspectorate Services Department within the Ministry.
• Harmonizing educational policies and procedures of all the states of the federation through the instrumentality of the National Council on Education.
• Effecting co-operation in educational matters on an international scale.
• Developing curricula and syllabuses at the national level in conjunction with other bodies.

• National Universities Commission, Abuja.
• National Board for Technical Education, Kaduna.
• National Commission for Colleges of Education, Abuja.
• Universal Basic Education Commission, Abuja.
• National Commission for Nomadic Education, Abuja.
• National Commission for Adult Education Mass Literacy and Non-Formal Education, Abuja.
• Nigerian Educational Research Development Council, Sheda, FCT.
• Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board, Bwari, Abuja.
• West African Examination Council, Lagos.
• National Examination Council, Minna, State.
• National Business and Technical Examination Board, Benin-city, Edo.
• National Institute for Educational Planning & Administration, Ondo.
• National Teachers Institute, Kaduna.
• Nigerian Mathematical Centre, Sheda, FCT.
• Nigerian French Language Village Badagry, Lagos.
• Nigerian Arabic Language Village Ngala, Borno.
• National Institute for Nigerian Languages Aba, Abia.
• Tertiary Education Trust Fund, Abuja.
• National Library of Nigeria, Abuja.
• Teachers’ Registration Council of Nigeria, Abuja.
• Computer Professionals Registration Council of Nigeria, Lagos.
• Federal Scholarship Board, Abuja.
• Librarians' Registration Council of Nigerian , Abuja